This past summer, Tennessee state Rep. Sheila Butt got a call from a mother who said she wanted to talk about her son, a junior in high school. The woman explained that her son’s history teacher was ...

A new Florida bill is trying to, once again, make cursive writing a required subject in schools. HB 127, introduced by State ...

Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it ...

“The hands are the instruments of man’s intelligence. ... The human hand allows the mind to reveal itself.” — Dr. Maria Montessori Since when do kindergartners learn to write in cursive? Most public ...

Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it comes to handwriting: The future elementary school principal got a C-minus in cursive in the fourth grade. But she’s ready to follow the curvy ups and ...