Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve always disliked signing my name. Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive, or else they don ...

It’s fun Friday in Jill Davis’ third-grade classroom in Mechanicsburg. Students start their day playing a game that puts their cursive writing skills to the test. Called “here comes the judge,” the ...

I hear that schools no longer teach kids how to write in script. They print words. So kids don’t have to do push pulls or big ovals anymore. That was practice for writing in script in the 1930s. My ...