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 ...

Common Core educational standards no longer require students to learn cursive, but supporters of longhand writing refuse to let it die. Eleven states either require or encourage the teaching of ...

Third graders in a Dallas school hand write letters to pen pals in a senior living community — a program that forms friendships and teaches the students the art of ...

Texas schools will soon return to widespread cursive instruction, and that might prove underwhelming to advocates and opponents alike. Much like the overhead projectors of classrooms past, cursive has ...

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 ...

In his column “Time to embrace cursive again” (Feb. 4, TribLIVE), Tom Purcell writes: “Because ink dripped when the quill was lifted from the paper, it made sense to connect letters in words together ...