Just how long have humans been using cursive writing? Scholars credit Niccolo Niccoli, a 15th Century Italian, for “inventing” our modern-day cursive, although it had been evolving long before ...

They are writing off cursive script. At a growing number of schools, young students are no longer tracing curving L's and arching D's with pencil and paper, no longer pausing at the end of words ...

"It's much more likely that keyboarding will help students succeed in careers and in school than it is that cursive will," said Morgan Polikoff, assistant professor of K-12 policy and leadership ...

Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards.

P.E.I. Grade 9 student Ashton Ryan said texting and typing are in and cursive is out. "Nobody uses it in my class I don't find," she said. Grade 8 student Katie Green agrees. "I use my phone a lot, ...

Missouri and Illinois are among the states that have adopted the guidelines. Common Core does not include cursive in the recommended curriculum. In the years since Common Core's conception ...

Should Wisconsin students be required to learn cursive writing? A group of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say yes, but the idea is getting some pushback from the group representing the state ...