Our ongoing series A More Perfect Union aims to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. In this installment, we look at the power of the written word. Common Core ...

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

NEW YORK — Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand. Alabama and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many people of a certain age remember practicing loops and waves, moving our small hands clutching pencils across pages with light ...

I'm thrilled to see cursive handwriting in the news and in the classroom. Even better, the headlines agree with what I believe to be true, albeit with a few kinks.

Handwriting matters, but does cursive matter? Reading cursive matters, but even children can be taught to read writing that they are not taught to produce. Reading cursive can be taught in just 30 to ...

In a letter to the editor Sunday, a writer recounted an experience with a high school junior who was unable to read cursive handwriting. The writer noted that a friend had to read notes sent in ...

For openers, it is the first and best form of personalized communication. It gives personality to your letter. It is a form of expression. You may not always have the ability to “text,” or have a ...