Rachel Jeantel, the 19-year-old witness who took the stand in the recent case against George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin, stunned many when she admitted she couldn't read cursive. But ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The swirling lines from Linden Bateman’s pen have been conscripted into a national fight to keep cursive writing in American classrooms. Cursive. Penmanship. Handwriting. In years ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Aug. 6 Sun Journal editorial continued an ongoing discussion of cursive ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The pen may not be as mighty as the keyboard these days, but California and a handful of states are not giving up on handwriting entirely. Bucking a growing trend of eliminating ...

With the introduction of the Common Core Education Standards, elementary age students are no longer required to learn cursive handwriting. In response, California is among the states leading the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Some state legislators have renewed efforts from two years ago to bring cursive handwriting back to Ohio's elementary schools. State representatives Andrew Brenner, a Powell ...

Shelby Donohoe loves writing her cursive signature. “I practice that a lot,” Shelby, 9, said. She practices cursive writing in general, although most of her practice is at home instead of school. “We ...

“I like how my pencil feels on the paper when I write it,” Evi said from her classroom at Mary Queen of Apostles in New Kensington. “It’s very loopy.” Evi and her classmates are learning the art of ...

Many 12-year-olds express themselves by texting, but Sage Collier prefers a more traditional way of communicating. With cursive handwriting. Sage’s skill with writing curves and loops was recognized ...

Cursive handwriting – when is the last time you used it to write something other than your signature? With so much of our lives online now, the occasions to get out the pen and paper are getting fewer ...

Think back to visits with your grandparents. Did you ever notice how they could fix just about anything or make something ...