Handwriting has indeed demonstrated value in the classroom, but there really isn’t any compelling research that suggests ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - When it comes to writing, digital devices make it easy and fast. They even serve as the spelling police, and the convenience causes more and more people to nearly write off ...

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Cursive’s comeback in U.S. public schools continues, even as the digital age reaches new heights and some question whether it's obsolete.

That’s when it hit me; writing isn’t just about putting words on paper. There are other benefits to it as well—important benefits—that are being lost. My son can’t sign his name. At least he couldn’t, ...

SUGARLOAF TWP. — Students in second grade began a lesson on cursive writing without using paper or pencils. They stood up and started to recite: “down curve, under curve, over curve” while moving ...

A photographed manuscript is not a legible one. American states are restoring a script by law, and the people who work with ...

Research shows that legible cursive writing averages no faster than printed handwriting of equal or greater legibility. (Sources for all research are available on request.) Further research shows that ...

PARENTS are not the only ones bemoaning the way so many schools have given up teaching children to write longhand. Researchers are also aware that more than mere pride in penmanship is lost when ...

Not having been blessed with grandchildren, the news came to me a little late. I couldn’t believe it. “Yes,” said the mother of my great nephew, “it’s true. Schools will no longer teach cursive ...

Traditional classroom teachings and tools would be requirements for Missouri schoolchildren if a bill succeeds in the state’s House of Representatives. The use of pencils, pens, paper workbooks and ...