I preach to my kids to expand their horizons and do things outside of their comfort zones, yet I have been happy behind a computer keyboard tapping out my thoughts and telling others’ stories for ...

Click here to see how Emily’s and her daughter’s handwriting improved. If you have school-age children, you may have noticed their handwriting is terrible. They may communicate incessantly via written ...

A third-grader practices his cursive handwriting at P.S.166 in the Queens borough of New York. Mary Altaffer AP With the governor’s signature (no doubt in cursive), California Assembly Bill 446 was ...

For many years, reading, ’riting and ’rithmatic were the foundation for education. Not so much these days. Yes, students still are learning to read and figure math equations. But the writing? Well, ...

PHOENIX — With eyebrows furrowed and fingers holding pencils in clawlike grips, third graders at Lowell Elementary School in Mesa were tackling an assignment involving one of the most controversial ...

School is closed in many parts of the country right now due to coronavirus, leaving plenty of children without educational instruction for weeks. In some areas, students won’t go back to school at all ...

The rise of typepads and keyboards is rewriting school curricula and raising questions about the value of old-fashioned penmanship. Some kids now sign their names in block letters. Jonathan Baskin ...