Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards.

Research suggests it may be possible to improve overall writing and reading through handwriting instruction.

The skill fell out of favor in schools, but states including Iowa are bringing it back and could see benefits, writes Shawn ...

My sister and I recently unearthed a forgotten box of correspondence our mom received from servicemen she’d met at Red Cross ...

But cursive handwriting is making a comeback of sorts ... For schools, low-tech options such as paper and pencils remain more cost-efficient than high-tech options. For example, it can be time ...

In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a ... For schools, low-tech options such as paper and pencils remain more cost-efficient than high-tech options. For example, it can be time ...

Cursive instruction sidelined In cursive handwriting, the individual letters ... For schools, low-tech options such as paper and pencils remain more cost-efficient than high-tech options.

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters ...