Writing by hand may feel like a relic of life before the digital age, with notes apps and emails taking the place of sticky-note reminders and handwritten cards. But it’s a utilitarian skill that ...

NORWALK -- With many classrooms around the country focused on core subjects like math and English, instruction in handwriting can often take a backseat. Although handwriting is not mandated in ...

Should you be concerned about the current rage for keyboards in kindergarten to replace crayons, pencils, and paper? Are you worried if your third grader can’t write or read their name in cursive?

It’s high time we put the most enduring myths about human behavior to bed, and see the mind—and the world—as it is. Teaching handwriting in elementary school is getting huge support from research in ...

A couple in Indiana developed a free writing academy to help young people learn how to write and read cursive handwriting.Twice a week, Terrell and Chelsea Wittington teach young students how to write ...

Cursive writing, when done right, looks like art: Letters flow elegantly into each other, the pen or pencil never rising off nor smudging the page. It is pretty. It is formal. But is it useful enough ...

First graders are years away from finishing high school and choosing careers. But as a group of 1st grade teachers in a Kentucky district work with their young students on reading, writing, and math, ...