As I was taking notes for this column, I thought it fitting to write them in cursive, a skill I spent many hours mastering ...
I'm thrilled to see cursive handwriting in the news and in the classroom. Even better, the headlines agree with what I ...
Among the staff at Topgolf, 11th-grader Augustine Fredericks has a rare and coveted skill. When a customer orders a celebratory dessert, the teenager is often summoned to pipe a fancy “happy birthday” ...
Separating students’ knowledge from their handwriting can leave teachers feeling like they’re detectives sifting through ...
“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 ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The swirling lines from Linden Bateman’s pen have been conscripted into a national fight to keep cursive writing in American classrooms. Cursive. Penmanship. Handwriting. In years ...
Florida lawmakers have approved new legislation requiring elementary school students to be proficient in reading and writing ...
Pennsylvania schools are preparing to reintroduce cursive into their curriculum. This change was advised to start ...
It’s a familiar refrain. Parents lament that technology is turning good, legible handwriting into a lost art form for their kids. In response, lawmakers in state after state – particularly in the ...
Lawmakers in Missouri have introduced a bill that could restore previous curriculum standards across the state, including ...
For the holiday season, I ordered holiday cards without pre-printed address labels. I wanted to write them out myself so my cards would look less like a direct-mail campaign and appear more genuine. I ...