My third-grade son is an anomaly. He actually enjoys a school subject, which — much to our chagrin — is being scrubbed from elementary schools nationwide. The subject in question is cursive ...

TRUMBULL -- In careful, deliberate strokes, Matthew Page, 12, wrote "Go to Italy. See the Leaning Tower of Pisa." Jessica Taylor leaned over his shoulder and examined the loops of his capital "L". Not ...

As the new school year begins, all those little hands in elementary school are once again at the center of a fierce debate: Is cursive writing a skill that’s still worth teaching, or an out-of-date ...

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 Louisiana ...

Time to face the reality: Cursive, with its fancy lines and loops, has fallen out of style. So why teach it? Hieroglyphics were lovely, too. But we don't use those any more. And as students in other ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. (NAPSI)Cursive is back in the spotlight. For the 2013 school year, learning ...