Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological disease in the world. More than 110,000 Canadians have the disorder and every ...

Recently I came across a paper I wrote 60 years ago, in 1965, when I was a freshman at Cooperstown Central School. The English teacher required every ninth-grader to write an autobiography. I thought ...

House Bill 127, proposed by State Rep. Toby Overdorf, a republican, would require Florida students to learn both reading and writing in cursive if passed. The legislation aims to restore a skill that ...

While the next Legislative session is still a couple of months away, Florida lawmakers are already busy filing new bills that could become law.

Western languages read left to right. It made left-handed kids in school do that twisty move with their left hands to write anything left to right. Hebrew and Arabic languages, written and ...

By Ken Burns and David Leonhardt Produced by Jillian Weinberger President Trump’s threats to democracy have prompted a number ...

What do the U.S. Constitution, birthday cards and your signature have in common? They’re (likely) all in cursive. However, becoming fluent in this form of penmanship, once the hallmark of a good ...

It needed volunteers to help transcribe historical documents, a task made difficult by the simple fact that a growing number of Americans can’t read or write in cursive. The post highlights a question ...

(InvestigateTV) — In January 2025, the U.S. National Archives sent out a unique call for help. The request perfectly captured a growing cultural and educational divide. On social media, the agency ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — It’s a skill that nearly disappeared during the pandemic. But inside one DeKalb County elementary school, students are proving cursive writing is far from forgotten. At Robert ...