Scott Sherman, a teacher at Earl D. Taft Elementary School, sees his kindergarten students come in with well-developed thumbs from playing with electronics, but says they have difficulty gripping a ...

New interactive online resource reveals handwriting is a required part of public education in most U.S. states. This is ...

“As for how to write well,” writes Paul Graham, “here’s the short version: Write a bad version 1 as fast as you can; rewrite it over and over; cut out everything unnecessary.” It’s all too easy to ...

We modern humans tend to take writing for granted, and often forget that like any other technology, somebody had to invent it. Researchers from Cambridge believe they’ve determined the purpose of one ...

Old family letters don’t have to stay stuck in the past. With just your phone, you can turn cursive handwriting into digital text you can save, edit, and share in seconds.

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