Patience Gozaydin, 7, a second grade student at Frankstown Elementary practices cursive writing Thursday in Ann Franco’s class. Mirror photo by Cynthia Wise The flow of motion from putting pencil to ...

Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why.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

For 30 minutes each day, Mikayla Blalock’s fourth grade students at Samuel E. Hubbard Elementary School in Monroe County focus on what some consider a lost art in the digital age: cursive writing.

As recently as a half-century ago, young American students would spend many lessons writing curved loops and diagonal lines, as they learned how to write in cursive. Over the years, though, computer ...

If we are serious about improving outcomes, we must strengthen every foundational literacy skill, including handwriting.

Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, ...

Today is National Handwriting Day! When you think of handwriting, you may think of the way you write your name or your penmanship during notetaking but what about the way you write? In today’s time, ...

As school goes back for another year, educators defend the relevance of two traditional skills they say remain key in the age of smart phones and keyboards. A 15-year-old at the family dinner table ...