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 ...

The world of writing is changing. Things have moved very quickly from keyboards and predictive text. The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) means bots can now write human-quality text ...

With the introduction of the Common Core Education Standards, elementary age students are no longer required to learn cursive handwriting. In response, California is among the states leading the ...

Do you want your children to read faster, have more active brains, and be more creative? And do you want to retain more of what you learn? There’s a simple activity that helps with all this and more: ...

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 ...

New research has analyzed brainwave patterns in both children and young adults while they wrote by hand and as they typed on a keyboard. The results revealed distinctly different brain patterns ...

If you're like many digitally savvy Americans, it has likely been a while since you've spent much time writing by hand. The laborious process of tracing out our thoughts, letter by letter, on the page ...