While smartphones and tablets have become nearly permanent fixtures in our lives, handwriting is experiencing an unprecedented decline. Some schools even abandon teaching cursive writing altogether in ...

(The Conversation) - Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer, editor, publisher and fan of all things handwritten. The news is giving me whiplash. And I’m not talking about the ...

Colleen Endrizzi fondly recalls when she first experienced the “lost language” as a homeschooled kindergartener. She learned it side by side with manuscript writing, a style in which letters are ...

Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, ...

What’s something kids can’t do, but teachers don’t teach? If you answered “cursive,” write a flowing capital letter “A” by hand on your report card. Once a staple of classrooms and correspondence, ...

In a creative twist on learning, a grandmother from Kerala takes education outdoors by using sand for writing practice. She sets up a natural classroom, guiding children as they trace cursive letters.

Angelina Jolie wrote a 'thank you note' to hotel staff, which has gone viral. Various people attempt to decipher the cursive writing.

For adults who spend hours in digital environments, making space for a bit of handwriting each day can serve as a real workout for the brain. Naomi Susan Baron, a linguist at American University, ...