A new bill making its way through the New Jersey state legislature could require public schools to teach cursive writing from ...

Do you remember the last time you wrote in cursive? Do you still know how to read it? If so, the National Archives is looking ...

On Thursday, the State Assembly's Education Committee heard public comment on bills relating to curriculum, assessment ...

When it came time to sign documents she asked if it was okay if she printed her name because where she grew up, they did not teach them how to write in cursive. I was a little surprised, and I did not ...

"I'm a history major," said Barnes. "One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report ...

There is also some evidence that learning cursive benefits the brain. “More and more neuroscience research is supporting the idea that writing out letters in cursive, especially in comparison to ...

Being able to read the longhand script is a huge help because so many of the documents are written using it. “It’s not just a matter of whether you learned cursive in school, it’s how much ...

An application for a Revolutionary War Pension by Innit Hollister, written in August of 1832. The National Archives uses Citizen Archivists who volunteer to help transcribe such materials. The ability ...

Being able to read the longhand script is a huge help because so many of the documents are written using it. “It’s not just a matter of whether you learned cursive in school, it’s how much ...