Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards.

For weeks the students have been learning, and complaining, about cursive writing. Like Latin, it’s a dead language — er, lost art — and I was determined to resurrect it. The students completed ...

The older generation, often aged 50-plus, have interesting perspectives on life, technology, family, and their role in ...