When it comes to the ways people communicate, the writing is on the wall — and it isn’t handwriting. Each new generation relies less on pen and paper to put down words and more on keyboards and ...

As the new school year begins, all those little hands in elementary school are once again at the center of a fierce debate: Is cursive writing a skill that’s still worth teaching, or an out-of-date ...

A pair of bills filed for the 2026 Legislative Session would mandate students from second to fifth grade to learn how to ...

Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...

When Jack Lew was nominated to be Treasury secretary in 2013, President Barack Obama joked that as a condition of the appointment, Lew would have to learn to sign his name more legibly. The ...

With young Americans increasingly tapping out their thoughts on computer keyboards and smartphones, schools are placing less and less emphasis on teaching penmanship, reports The New York Times.

With the government shutdown finally coming to an end, it should mean smoother sailing for people traveling by air.

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, ...

I live in West Philadelphia, and my kids, who are 17 and 19, have some beautiful cursive handwriting, a skill they picked up, along with Latin and the ability to sit up straight at a desk for 60 ...

In an age where screens dominate classrooms and workplaces, handwriting might seem like a relic of the past. But research shows that putting pen to paper plays a crucial role in literacy development. ...

Tyara Brooks teaches her fourth-grade students how to write in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) “Messy! Messy!” Nearly 40 years later, the ...