WASHINGTON – On a daily basis, most adults are probably not picking up a pen to write something down. If they do, the chances they are writing in cursive are slim to none. “I don’t really write ...

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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 ...

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, ...

Research shows that legible cursive writing averages no faster than printed handwriting of equal or greater legibility. The highest speed and highest legibility in handwriting are attained by those ...

Cursive may be going the way of the Dodo bird and newspapers: Kansas is mulling a decision to cut cursive education and prioritize typing skills. “Parents want to know what your school is doing to ...

Treasure Coast lawmakers propose bills requiring elementary students to read and write cursive, reviving a skill dropped from ...

Our ongoing series A More Perfect Union aims to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. In this installment, we look at the power of the written word. Common Core ...

Today’s youth, even two generations back, are victims of our forward thinking school boards — bow to the computer and stop teaching cursive. “Students don’t need it anymore, everything is done with ...

Re “What’s the Point of Teaching Cursive?,” by John McWhorter (Opinion, nytimes.com, Dec. 13): The idea that most cursive documents will be “transliterated into print” is fine until you realize that ...

At the London Public Library, cursive writing doesn't just join letters together — it also brings together the young and the old. The Beacock Branch library has been hosting an intergenerational ...