A couple in Indiana developed a free writing academy to help young people learn how to write and read cursive handwriting.

If your kid can’t sign his or her name, here’s why: Most city public schools stopped teaching cursive handwriting years ago. The focus on high-stakes testing and rigorous Common Core math and ...

Then-third-grader Logan Gibson receives help from a classmate while learning the cursive alphabet at White Lick Elementary School in Brownsburg, Ind., on April 22, 2011. The reading and writing of ...

In this photo illustration, Jayme Rost, a second-grade teacher at West Point Elementary in Hempfield, demonstrates how she teaches cursive writing in her classroom, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

Teaching kids to make those loopy letters is still a priority for Mother Jones Elementary. Another boy, named Dante, says he likes how neat his writing looks in cursive.

When we choose to not teach our youths cursive handwriting, we may be limiting their options in life. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the nation’s need for workers in the ...