Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Click here to see how Emily’s and her daughter’s handwriting improved. If you have school-age ...

Have you written a letter or signed your name and then stopped, self-conscious about the state of your cursive? Can anyone really read this? Should I start over? Maybe I should just scribble something ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. If pen retailers and state legislators are to be believed, cursive handwriting is ...

Teaching connected-style handwriting, otherwise known as cursive handwriting, has fallen out of fashion on many school curricula. Older generations have sometimes been shocked that some younger people ...

I remember the first time my second-grade teacher permitted me to use cursive writing on my assignments. At the time, I viewed it as an accomplishment: I could now use cursive for all my assignments!

The curlicue letters of cursive handwriting, once considered a mainstay of American elementary education, have been slowly disappearing from classrooms for years. Now, with most states adopting new ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — I’ll be honest: my handwriting didn’t come from ruler-wielding teachers in elementary school. It came from watching and mimicking my mother’s clear and elegant script. Her cursive ...

Florida's new cursive requirement makes handwriting mandatory for grades 3-5, with proficiency required before middle school. The post Florida Kids Must Now Prove Cursive Proficiency Before Middle ...