Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

New Jersey schools will now teach cursive writing to grades three through five, sparking debate over its relevance in a ...

This basic life skill was phased out in 2010 with the introduction of the controversial Common Core curriculum — and our ...

In the age of typing, scrolling and voice-to-text, putting a pen to paper is increasingly rare but states including New ...

To the editor: As a 77-year-old who won my school’s penmanship competition in fourth grade, I’m pretty happy that California kids will be learning cursive handwriting. (“Learning cursive in school, ...

Who needs a pencil and paper when we can just type or generate whatever text we need to? Actually, New Jersey students will, ...

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, ...

The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...

With a pencil still in hand, eight-year-old Mitchell Cait-Goldenthal takes a break from the handwriting exercise he’s working on to explain why it’s important to have good penmanship. “When you’re ...

Commentary: We wrote book reports. Essays. Love notes. Cursive was our only mode of written communication in school once we ...