(The Conversation) - Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild ...

Twelve-year-old Sandi Chandee wants to be a doctor when she grows up. But that's not why she memorized one of the longest medical terms in the English language ...

Cursive was removed from most American school curricula after a specific policy decision in 2010, not because it naturally faded from relevance. Neuroscience research shows that handwriting activates ...

Years after it was omitted from the Common Core standards, some students are practicing cursive in clubs after school and in libraries. Some states are bringing it back to classrooms. Credit ...

In an era of keyboards, touchscreens and autocorrect, cursive writing occupies an uncertain place in American education.

Meet Iris Hatfield, the Louisville woman who created 'The New American Cursive.' Cursive will be a new requirement in Kentucky's public elementary schools this year, but it may not be the same cursive ...

Today is National Handwriting Day! When you think of handwriting, you may think of the way you write your name or your penmanship during notetaking but what about the way you write? In today’s time, ...

Swish, swish, swish. I don't know why I possess this ability. No, I am certain I can do it because I practiced, but I cannot ...

Halle O'Brien writes during after-school cursive club, held by teacher Sherisse Kenerson, at Holmes Middle School in Alexandria, Va. (Anna Rose Layden for NPR) Twelve-year-old Sandi Chandee wants to ...