This month marks 80 years since the end of World War II in Europe. That anniversary is resonating for NPR's Bob Mondello because his family recently found some long-forgotten letters his mother had ...

Unlike so many of Sherald’s elegantly posh subjects, he dons a modest, white ribbed undershirt and his facial hair seems ...

That anniversary is resonating for NPR's Bob Mondello because his family recently found some long-forgotten letters his mother ... AARON: It's like tracing paper. MONDELLO: My sister, Juanita ...

Our online historical research service is a great place to start if you want to trace a person's family tree—it's free ... by the Registrar-General of the time. Sometimes the cursive writing may not ...

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

For weeks the students have been learning, and complaining, about cursive writing. Like Latin, it’s a dead language — er, lost art — and I was determined to resurrect it. The students completed ...

Legislation that would require cursive handwriting instruction in Pennsylvania schools was unanimously approved by the House Education Committee, according to the bill’s sponsor, state Rep.

But cursive handwriting is making a comeback of sorts for K-8 students in the United States. Several states in recent years passed legislation mandating instruction in cursive handwriting, including ...

In an hour-long special, the California Newsroom and the Texas Standard team up to examine how the Trump administration is changing life in two of the nation’s largest states. Editor’s note ...