Cursive “enhances a child’s brain development, including memorization, and improves fine motor skills,” she wrote. So does playing chess, but I don’t see Newsom appointing grandmaster ...

In the past 20 years, whether schools should teach cursive writing has been frequently debated: In the mid-2000s and 2010s, cursive writing was largely discontinued in favor of typing skills.

Cursive is an art. It’s woven into the very fabric of the United States constitution. Yet, everywhere we look, it’s literally being written out of existence. Like a sandcastle built at the ...

One of the most widely cited criticisms of the Common Core State Standards is that they don’t require teaching students to write in cursive. Proponents of teaching cursive say students need to ...

However, Tennessee is modifying Common Core in at least one discouraging way: state officials are going to re-require that kids study cursive. Readers born after 1995 may not know this ...

Goodness, I hate writing cursive. Some people love it. They enjoy and admire the flourishes, the art and the discipline that go into writing “longhand.” (Does anybody use that word anymore?

Specifically, some lawmakers want to make the teaching of cursive writing mandatory for public schools, because of the complaints of a few grandparents. Let’s be realistic. Children today are ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Goodness, I hate writing cursive. Some people love it. They enjoy and admire the ...