NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

In California, students between first and sixth grade will learn to write in cursive under a new state law. Yes, cursive. But is cursive a skill that students or adults actually need? Try out these ...

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A single sentence, uttered in the trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin, has catapulted an issue into the national spotlight. When asked if she could read a letter in ...

Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:32:47 GMT — Rhiannon McElroy is taking teaching into her own hands. The Preble mom is showing her 11-year-old son Benjamin something his school isn't, cursive writing. "I hope that ...

Signing a check. Reading a formal invitation. They traditionally have required knowing how to at least sign one’s name. It’s a skill that has been slowly eroding as classrooms use technology to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Georgia's elementary schoolers will soon be getting lessons in cursive, which some experts say could pay dividends in their ...

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 ...

A state lawmaker from Pontiac wants to encourage more school districts to teach cursive writing. After State Representative Brenda Carter’s son passed away in 2019, she found a letter he wrote in ...

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the grade level when students at St. Anne’s-Belfield School are introduced to cursive writing. My mother, now in her 70s, has ...

The lockdown at Oakland University has been lifted for most of the campus except for Van Wagoner Hall following a stabbing incident involving two suspects. Morning 4: Oakland University stabbing ...