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, ...

In many schools today, the traditional pen-to-paper notetaking has been replaced with tablets and personal laptops. At the front of most classrooms, where giant blackboards were once the focal point ...

WASHINGTONVILLE - Keyboarding vs. cursive writing. Welcome to the new generational divide. For many young people raised in the Internet age, script or cursive lettering has become almost as ...

For many years, reading, ’riting and ’rithmatic were the foundation for education. Not so much these days. Yes, students still are learning to read and figure math equations. But the writing? Well, ...

Andrew Konetzni likes to copy his first name in fancy, fluid cursive letters.He likes the way the letter “A” looks — a roller coaster loop with a track that trails off into the lowlands of the ...

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 ...