The National Archives needs volunteers to help transcribe historical documents written in cursive. This citizen-led ...

In 2010, most states adopted Common Core academic standards which omitted cursive handwriting from expected academic skills to be learned by K-8 students. In fact, the standards only briefly mention ...

In fact, the standards only briefly mention print handwriting, a writing style in which the individual letters of a word are unconnected, as a skill to be taught in early elementary grades.

cursive handwriting draws upon deep reading knowledge and requires the coordination of multiple cognitive and physical processes. To handwrite letters or spell words in print or cursive ...

More information: Gorka Ibaibarriaga et al, The impact of handwriting and typing practice in children's letter and word learning: Implications for literacy development, Journal of Experimental ...

Lately, she has adopted a new habit of pilsa which is the practice of writing passages from books by hand. “Just reading a book and moving on didn’t feel like I had truly absorbed it,” she said.

Lately, she has adopted a new habit: "pilsa," the practice of writing passages from books by hand. "Just reading a book and moving on didn’t feel like I had truly absorbed it," Park said.

In the business world you need both technical and communication skills to do your job well. In particular, your written communication skills (writing is the most common way we communicate in the ...

It seems to me that I have wanted to write for the whole of my life. The intensity of this insistence, despite its implausibility, suggests an emotional, rather than literal, accuracy. I think my ...

YORK residents set a writing challenge similar to one supposedly undertaken by a world-famous 20th century author have seen their work immortalised in print. Earlier this year, Jenny Layfield ...