Turns out the skill your teachers drilled into you never stopped mattering.

Decades of using typewriters and computer keyboards have since obliterated all confidence in my cursive writing style ...

Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a recent ...

Click here to see how Emily’s and her daughter’s handwriting improved. If you have school-age children, you may have noticed their handwriting is terrible. They may communicate incessantly via written ...

While pen and paper may seem poised on the edge of obscurity, handwriting offers a bevy of brain-boosting perks that should not be lost to technology. Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial ...

A bill seeking to make cursive writing compulsory in Indiana schools came back this year in the Indiana General Assembly. One lawmaker has filed a bill for mandatory cursive instruction every year ...

When was the last time you wrote in cursive? Was it a thank-you note for that birthday sweater? Perhaps a check to the baby sitter? The fact is, you may know how to loop and swirl with the best of ...

Melody Eichbauer grew up learning cursive in grade school and scribbling exam answers until her hand cramped well into her college years. Eichbauer, a professor of medieval, legal and ecclesiastical ...

COMPTON, Calif.—In a classroom at Anderson Elementary on a recent Thursday, third-graders lined up to have their pencils sharpened to a crisp point before beginning a cursive lesson. The students put ...