Laptops and organizer apps make pen and paper seem antique, but handwriting appears to focus classroom attention and boost learning in a way that typing notes on a keyboard does not, new studies ...

Writing by hand engages more of the brain than typing. Scientists say the cognitive demands of handwriting may help keep the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand.

Cursive writing is officially making a comeback in Ohio.Gov. John Kasich signed into law House Bill 58 Wednesday, which requires the Department of Education to include supplemental instructional ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Accused of killing 17 people at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and injuring more than a dozen others, Nikolas Cruz had only been in custody a few hours when ...