PITTSBURGHPITTSBURGH — When children text, their thumbs fly. But when it comes to holding a pencil and learning how to write small, tall and descending letters, many youngsters are all thumbs. Usually ...

Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why. The flowing ...

It’s becoming a hot topic: Should elementary school students be required to learn cursive writing? In this digital age, when typing on a keyboard is the norm even for preschoolers, the graceful ...

Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers?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

The monkey tail is dead. It sounds morbid and sad, but there is no mourning here in Kristi Burton’s first-grade classroom at Duffy School. Teacher and students have moved on. The D’Nealian alphabet’s ...

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 ...

No matter where you look, it seems like boomers can’t stop griping about the lack of cursive writing; kids today don’t do ...