Cursive has been on the decline since 2010. Some of the effects are unexpected. Does losing cursive matter? Who is in Gen Z? Will ChatGPT replace archival work?

To certain younger Americans, cursive writing is nothing more than an inscrutable collection of loops and squiggles. A growing number of states are trying to change that.

Halle Giles' favorite letter to write is Z. The 8-year-old gets such pleasure from crafting the letter's swooping curve and looped tail that she practices writing Zs at home.

The efficient writing style once thrived in U.S. businesses and schools, but researchers fret that today’s lack of cursive literacy may have a surprising impact on history—and ourselves.

Cursive writing is in decline, says the New York Times. Should we panic? In a much-emailed article published Wednesday, Katie Zezima chronicled the hand-wringing of school administrators over ...

Cursive handwriting is again part of the California elementary school curriculum under a bill signed into law this month.

Cursive is somewhat of a lost art, but is it easy to retain? We asked 11 adults to try writing a sentence -- no Googling allowed.

Students with dyslexia have difficulty learning to read because their brains associate sounds and letter combinations inefficiently. But cursive can help them with the decoding process because it ...

Is cursive writing a skill that's still worth teaching, or an out-of-date concept when most of life requires tapping on keyboards?

While cursive has been relegated to nearly extinct tasks like writing thank-you cards and signing checks, rumors of its death may be exaggerated. The Common Core standards seemed to spell the end ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand.