Tyara Brooks teaches her fourth-grade students how to write in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) “Messy! Messy!” Nearly 40 years later, the ...

“I like how my pencil feels on the paper when I write it,” Evi said from her classroom at Mary Queen of Apostles in New Kensington. “It’s very loopy.” Evi and her classmates are learning the art of ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Cursive writing is a skill many of us learned growing up, but it's unfortunately not part of the mandatory curriculum in Michigan. As a result, many children are missing out on ...

STORY: Cursive is making a comeback in California. In an era of computers and tablets, the skill has fallen out of fashion. But a new state law requires students to learn the old-school style of ...

Because you are reading this in typeface (or maybe even listening to this in an audio format), cursive probably isn’t even on your radar. Who writes in cursive anymore? Maybe to sign checks or ...

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, ...

(WXYZ) — Do you remember the last time you wrote in cursive? Do you still know how to read it? If so, the National Archives is looking for your help. They are ...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) — There are squiggly lines that when strung together, without lifting your pencil off the paper, create letters and words. This style of writing is known as cursive writing.

(WXYZ) — There's a big push to bring back cursive handwriting in Michigan. There are 21 states that have mandates for cursive to be taught in the classroom, but ...

Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...