One consequence of our digital age is a decline in cursive, the flowing style of penmanship ... the National Archives is hoping you have some free time—or a lot of it—to volunteer your skills.

In 2010, the newly established Common Core State Standards program, which outlines skills and knowledge students should acquire between kindergarten and high school, did not include cursive in its ...

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. Growing up in Saudi Arabia, I learned cursive with a fountain pen in the third grade as part of the standard curriculum. I wasn’t good at ...

Get a read on this. The National Archives is seeking volunteers who can read cursive to help transcribe more than 300 million digitized objects in its catalog, saying the skill is a “superpower.” ...

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But these texts can be difficult to read and understand— particularly for Americans who never learned cursive in school ... By transcribing digital pages, volunteers make it easier for scholars ...

“Reading cursive is a superpower,” Isaacs added. The volunteer process is quite simple. Those interested should register for a free online account with the National Archives and then begin ...

If you have expertise in reading cursive, then there’s an opportunity that might pique your interest. The National Archives is looking for someone who can transcribe (or classify) more than ...

tend to use it only for signing their name -- meaning most people lack practice in reading and deciphering the often dense lettering used in cursive writings. “It’s not just a matter of ...