Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

Handwriting engages more areas of the brain than typing, which leads to deeper learning, better memory and stronger cognitive ...

Handwriting still has a place in the digital age, its proponents say, and they hoped that what they billed as a “summit” on the subject this week would spotlight their case for the enduring value of ...

“Handwriting was initially the first means of preserving information that was previously only passed down orally,” explains Donica. Before the invention of the printing press, copying information or ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s a lot one could write about Galileo, the Italian astronomer and physicist. But on a snowy Friday morning in December, during a lesson helping students draft essays about outer space, teacher ...

In an age dominated by screens, keyboards and AI, the humble act of handwriting often feels like a relic of the past. Yet, beneath its seemingly simple strokes lies a profound truth: handwriting ...

I grew up in B.C. days—Before Computers. The closest thing I had to an iPad was an Etch-A-Sketch, which kept me entertained on many a family drive. Nowadays, it seems every four-year-old has a mobile ...