think back when was the last time you used cursive chances are, was to sign something. Most of us learned cursive in school. But for Children growing up in *** world of laptops, smartphones and ...

(CBS) – Monday is National Handwriting Day, celebrated on the birthday of John Hancock. But nowadays, penmanship – especially cursive – is becoming a lost art. But some children are still using, and ...

GARY, Ind. (WLS) -- The Cursive Academy just launched in Gary. It seeks to teach the classroom classic that's not always being taught in public schools anymore. There are camps and crash courses ...

Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers?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 ...

(2) "Your handwriting is freakishly neat." I've always been strangely proud of my handwriting. It might be the only aspect of my life in which the word "neat" could ever be applied. But it didn't ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Over the past decade or so, something big has been happening in public schools throughout the United States: Instruction in cursive writing has all but disappeared, cut from curricula as schools bring ...

Writing in cursive comes naturally to Sara Hinesley, and she has the award to prove it. Hinesley, 10, was born without hands, and to write, she puts a pencil between the ends of her arms. She tried ...

A new bill in the Florida House of Representatives (HB 127) proposes teaching cursive to students in grades 2–5.

While cursive has been relegated to nearly extinct tasks like writing thank-you cards and signing checks, rumors of its death may be exaggerated. The Common Core standards seemed to spell the end of ...