A fourth-grade student practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena last month. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: As a 77-year-old who won my school's ...

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For many years, reading, ’riting and ’rithmatic were the foundation for education. Not so much these days. Yes, students still are learning to read and figure math equations. But the writing? Well, ...

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – One of the nation’s best cursive writers isn’t someone who has been writing for decades. In fact, he hasn’t even been writing for a decade. Levi McCamish from Henderson, ...

The National Archives is actively recruiting people who know how to read cursive. There are millions of historical documents that need to be transcribed. Getting people to volunteer has turned out to ...

Many schools dropped cursive writing as computer use spread, and South Carolina hasn't required it since 2008. A state Senate panel approved a requirement to bring it back but the cost is $27 million.

It’s a familiar refrain. Parents lament that technology is turning good, legible handwriting into a lost art form for their kids. In response, lawmakers in state after state — particularly in the ...

A fifth grader in New Jersey is a master of curlicues and connecting loops. His technique is so good he was named a state and national champion of a dying art: cursive writing, a skill that once ...

Rogue teachers have been making headlines lately. Yesterday, we brought you the teacher who thinks left-handers are "evil," and today, the teacher who won't let her student write her name in cursive.

Progress is not only measured in the new, but in what falls away. Once-essential items vanish into memory … or the basement. Before long, it’s as if they never existed. Today’s Bluetooth is tomorrow’s ...

To the editor: As a 77-year-old who won my school’s penmanship competition in fourth grade, I’m pretty happy that California kids will be learning cursive handwriting. (“Learning cursive in school, ...