Each of the 15 students in Mollie Sweeney’s third grade class raised their dominant hand. Sweeney, a teacher at Burrell’s Bon Air Elementary, then walked through the motions of how to write a ...

The group of preteens uncapped their markers and began practicing how to capitalize two new letters: “B” and “Q.” The lesson felt like a return to the basics. Only this time, the middle-schoolers were ...

Halle O'Brien writes during after-school cursive club, held by teacher Sherisse Kenerson, at Holmes Middle School in Alexandria, Va. (Anna Rose Layden for NPR) Twelve-year-old Sandi Chandee wants to ...

Florida lawmakers are putting pen to paper with a new push to make sure every elementary student can actually read Grandma’s handwriting, reviving a cursive requirement that’s technically already on ...