The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking ...

Anyone with an internet connection can volunteer to transcribe historical documents and help make the archives' digital catalog more accessible ...

Jan. 23, is the birthday of John Hancock — the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence — and in a nod to his place in history, it’s also National Handwriting Day. In 2010, a ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught, including California in 2023.

With the ability to read and write cursive becoming more rare, the National Archives is looking for some important volunteers ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WVII) -- A Maine bill looks to bring back a classroom requirement from years past: learning how to write in cursive. The bill was submitted by Representative Joseph Underwood, a ...

“Reading cursive is a superpower,” Suzanne Isaacs, a community manager with the National Archives Catalog in Washington, D.C.

Still, handwriting continued to be considered ... In the past, most American students began learning to write in cursive in third grade, making it a rite of passage, said Jaime Cantrell, a ...