Many young people entering college cannot write or read cursive. Indeed, many cannot even sign their name in traditional cursive. To continue reading for FREE, please sign in.

The Ontario government announced last week that it is bringing cursive writing back to schools as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in the fall. And as nostalgic as the news was for many ...

A student practices writing in cursive at St. Mark's Lutheran School in Hacienda Heights, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Bucking a growing trend of eliminating cursive from elementary school ...

The statewide shift means students across Georgia will now practice cursive as part of their regular coursework.

Cursive writing, once a staple of elementary education, is vanishing from classrooms across the United States. A Michigan ...

But in many other classrooms, traditional cursive is on its way out. So many students have trouble with it that teachers are increasingly adopting a simpler style known as Italic or "print cursive." ...