Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Good handwriting is not an end in itself. Rather, it is a means to literacy that fundamentally transforms the human experience.

This basic life skill was phased out in 2010 with the introduction of the controversial Common Core curriculum — and our ...

Gabriella Rustebakke watches as her son, Paul Rustebakke, practices writing his letters in cursive during a lesson at their home in Cedar Rapids in April 2023. Research at the University of Iowa has ...

Incorporating handwriting lessons can have numerous benefits for older students—here’s how to get them started.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In an age when students are often working on computers, typing up essays and homework instead of writing them out, the art of cursive writing may feel like a relic of the past.

Beginning in September, New Jersey public schools must begin teaching cursive writing to students in grades three to five. A ...