As the new school year begins, all those little hands in elementary school are once again at the center of a fierce debate: Is cursive writing a skill that’s still worth teaching, or an out-of-date ...

Starting in the 1970s, and under the recent implementation of the Common Core, a former pillar of elementary education has been largely forgotten. But there’s a feeling that learning cursive still has ...

In the hands of students, a curved piece of wood becomes a smile, a crown, an oversized ear. The shape’s “meaning” changes with its position or role, a message that also holds true in learning to ...

Most of us remember spending years of school learning how to write, first tracing letters, then writing our names and eventually progressing to cursive. But as technology has taken over, that ...

Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why. The flowing ...

When was the last time you opened your mailbox to find a beautifully handwritten letter? Probably not in the last week, or even decade. That might not be a good thing. New research shows that dropping ...

EAST TEXAS (KLTV) - A boost in cursive writing could be coming to Texas schools in the next few years. That's what educators in one East Texas district say as they review suggestions for handwriting.

Kids living in Indiana in America don't have to do handwriting lessons anymore. That's because experts there think it's more important for children to know how to type on computers. Some people aren't ...

In recent years schools have abolished handwriting lessons in place of computer keyboarding. But this week North Carolina became the latest state to veer back to tradition with the 'Back to Basics' ...