In many schools today, the traditional pen-to-paper notetaking has been replaced with tablets and personal laptops. At the front of most classrooms, where giant blackboards were once the focal point ...

This basic life skill was phased out in 2010 with the introduction of the controversial Common Core curriculum — and our ...

Script is finding new life in after-school clubs where students can learn to loop and swoosh their handwriting.

Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...

New Jersey schools will now teach cursive writing to grades three through five, sparking debate over its relevance in a ...

Sophomore Andrew Forbes of Nashville, Tennessee, used cursive everyday in elementary school, from third grade through eighth grade. He was required to write out all his papers, worksheets, and notes ...