Psychology teaches us that everyday habits often reveal hidden mental processes. The handwriting itself is rarely the real ...

Turns out the skill your teachers drilled into you never stopped mattering.

Kids growing up these days — especially those at the elementary level — may not be as familiar with cursive writing, penmanship or handwriting, as their older brothers and sisters, parents or ...

Many school systems in this country no longer teach penmanship, especially cursive writing. I strongly disagree with their decision to discontinue teaching penmanship. The entire financial and legal ...

Generations of school kids learned penmanship; whether future generations will learn to write their ABC's by hand at ALL, however, is very much in doubt. Our Cover Story is reported now by Tracy Smith ...

A group of students from five classrooms at an elementary school in Nelson, B.C., just competed in a North American ...

The world has increasingly more technology – from iPhones, to laptops and everything in between. So, is penmanship still important? “Penmanship is especially important in the young grades because ...

You might think that the best penmanship would involve excellent finger control over the pen, but your fingers actually don't help you write better—they can make your handwriting worse. Dyas A. Lawson ...

Writing in cursive might be a lost art in the next few decades. While it was a school staple in elementary grades, it fell out of favor in the last few years. Currently, only 23 states require that ...

Thank goodness for technology. With e-mail delivering us from the need for the handwritten note, so too does it deliver all future generations from the drudgery of penmanship instruction. Phew!

It’s a familiar refrain. Parents lament that technology is turning good, legible handwriting into a lost art form for their kids. In response, lawmakers in state after state – particularly in the ...