The curlicue letters of cursive handwriting, once considered a mainstay of American elementary education, have been slowly disappearing from classrooms for years. Now, with most states adopting new ...

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Twelve-year-old Sandi Chandee wants to be a doctor when she grows up. But that's not why she memorized one of the longest medical terms in the English language ...

Among the staff at Topgolf, 11th-grader Augustine Fredericks has a rare and coveted skill. When a customer orders a celebratory dessert, the teenager is often summoned to pipe a fancy “happy birthday” ...

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As I was taking notes for this column, I thought it fitting to write them in cursive, a skill I spent many hours mastering ...

A bill requiring cursive instruction and proficiency standards in Florida schools is awaiting the governor's signature. Advocates argue that learning cursive improves spelling, writing fluency, and ...

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — Several states are making cursive writing instruction a requirement in schools once again, citing the importance of students being able to read our nation’s founding and ...

Halle O'Brien writes during after-school cursive club, held by teacher Sherisse Kenerson, at Holmes Middle School in Alexandria, Va. In Sherisse Kenerson’s after-school classroom, Sandi takes out a ...

Pennsylvania and New Jersey are among the latest states to require cursive handwriting to be taught in elementary schools.

Separating students’ knowledge from their handwriting can leave teachers feeling like they’re detectives sifting through ...

North Attleborough man convicted in fatal stabbing sentenced to 30 years A North Attleborough man convicted of fatally stabbing a man outside a bar in Providence in 2010 was sentenced to prison on ...