At Arlene Hein Elementary in Elk Grove, the first lesson on the first day of the new school year is how to write in cursive.Laure Viglione has been teaching cursive for the past 38 years and considers ...

Over the past decade or so, something big has been happening in public schools throughout the United States: Instruction in cursive writing has all but disappeared, cut from curricula as schools bring ...

As I was watching that U.S. Senate hearing on the Russiagate investigation yesterday, I noticed a woman sitting behind the senators taking notes on a legal pad. She seemed to be making quite a good ...

BALTIMORE — Darius Riley displays the concentration of a tightrope walker as he fastens his eyes on the lined paper in front of him and grips his No. 2 yellow pencil down to its point to make his most ...

The Common Core State Standards have ended lessons in cursive writing, but lawmakers in some states are trying to change that. Blake Farmer of WPLN reports on an effort in Tennessee to revive cursive.