The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...

A third-grader practices his cursive handwriting at P.S.166 in the Queens borough of New York. Mary Altaffer AP With the governor’s signature (no doubt in cursive), California Assembly Bill 446 was ...

Concerns over students not knowing how to form signatures has prompted one local group to question whether the state’s cursive requirement is worth the paper it’s written on. Julie Anderson, ...

An Indiana Department of Education report due this Friday may add fuel to the debate for the return of compulsory cursive writing instruction at Hoosier public and charter elementary schools. Or, it ...

As the world rapidly moves away from the need to write information by hand, there are still many U.S. states still teaching cursive instruction to American children. California and New Hampshire ...

It’s fun Friday in Jill Davis’ third-grade classroom in Mechanicsburg. Students start their day playing a game that puts their cursive writing skills to the test. Called “here comes the judge,” the ...

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania State Representative Joe Adams wants to make cursive part of every school curriculum in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Republican, who represents parts ...