Among the staff at Topgolf, 11th-grader Augustine Fredericks has a rare and coveted skill. When a customer orders a celebratory dessert, the teenager is often summoned to pipe a fancy “happy birthday” ...

Several states in recent years passed legislation mandating instruction in cursive handwriting.

Even in a world where computers and online learning have become paramount in education, Pennsylvania lawmakers could be adding an old-fashioned wrinkle to student development: cursive handwriting. "In ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RALEIGH, N.C. – A legislative committee ...

“Research has shown that cursive handwriting enhances a child’s brain development, including memorization, and improves fine motor skills,” said California lawmaker Sharon Quirk-Silva, lead sponsor of ...

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Pennsylvania law requires that elementary school students will be taught how to write in cursive. Gov. Josh Shapiro on Feb.

To the editor - Re: The Nov. 15 article. Learning cursive writing in school is the basis for being a good writer and speaker of the English language. In addition to writing capital and lower case ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elementary school kids might be required once again to learn how to read and write in cursive. A pair of bills (HB 127 and SB 444) ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a law returning cursive handwriting to Pennsylvania elementary schools. We asked what you thought.