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, ...

They are learning to write cursive, the stylish and to a 7-year-old grown-up cousin to printing. It s said that penmanship will never die because, if nothing else, it helps define individuality. But a ...

In 3rd grade, many children learn how to connect the letters of the alphabet into loopy, flowing words. Called cursive, the writing style has been a staple in American classrooms since the pioneer ...