More than two decades ago I saw a young girl looking questioningly at a phone with a dial. She needed to call home, but didn’t know how to use a rotary phone. I see a parallel with the Toronto board’s ...

At the London Public Library, cursive writing doesn't just join letters together — it also brings together the young and the old. The Beacock Branch library has been hosting an intergenerational ...

Studies find many elementary school teachers have had little-to-no preparation in how to effectively teach handwriting, and a University of Iowa special education professor has developed a free tool ...

It was once the only way to communicate by hand — the cherished, elegance of well-practiced penmanship, the unmatched personal touch of a beautifully handwritten letter. But amid the unavoidable ...

'Cursive writing is a critical life skill in helping young people to express more substantively, to think more critically, and ultimately, to express more authentically,' Education Minister Stephen ...

Cursive is making a comeback — and typing, too — as part of a major revamp of the province’s elementary school curriculum. Starting this fall, Ontario students will learn how to write in longhand ...

Canadian children used to spend hours in the classroom perfecting their loopy letters in the name of cursive writing. But as classrooms embrace the digital age, school curriculums are slowly writing ...

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF) – Georgia schools are re-introducing cursive writing for the upcoming school year. Third, fourth and fifth grade students will learn cursive with a goal for them to be able to read ...