It may sound archaic in today’s tech-centric classrooms, but researchers around the world are digging into the powerful effects of handwriting, revealing how the act of putting pen (or pencil) to ...

A parent of a fourth-grader living in New Jersey, U.S., recently began teaching their child cursive writing at home. The ...

Years after it was omitted from the Common Core standards, some students are practicing cursive in clubs after school and in libraries. Some states are bringing it back to classrooms. Credit ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Melody Eichbauer grew up learning cursive in grade school and scribbling exam answers until her hand cramped well into her college years. Eichbauer, a professor of medieval, legal ...

A new Florida law aims to strengthen the teaching of cursive writing in public schools. The new cursive requirements are part of a sweeping education bill that was recently signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

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Despite decades of technological progress, robots still can’t move as smoothly as humans – they drop objects, and struggle to pick them up properly. Scientists have been trying to teach robots to move ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lawmakers in Missouri have introduced a bill that could restore previous curriculum standards across the state, including cursive handwriting instruction and reduced screen time in ...

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 ...

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — Several states are making cursive writing instruction a requirement in schools once again, citing the importance of students being able to read our nation’s founding and ...

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Twelve-year-old Sandi Chandee wants to be a doctor when she grows up. But that's not why she memorized one of the longest medical terms in the English language ...