Baltimore County Public Schools hopes to reverse this trend locally with a pilot program to reintroduce cursive instruction to second- through fourth-grade classes in November. More than 20 elementary ...

What do the U.S. Constitution, birthday cards and your signature have in common? They’re (likely) all in cursive. However, becoming fluent in this form of penmanship, once the hallmark of a good ...

Recently I came across a paper I wrote 60 years ago, in 1965, when I was a freshman at Cooperstown Central School. The English teacher required every ninth-grader to write an autobiography. I thought ...

Our screens make life faster—but at a cost. Handwriting is fading just as evidence mounts that pen-and-paper thinking ...

Taylor Momsen sits at a desk in her New York City apartment, the place she’s called home since she was 12, a sign hangs just ...

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Still, MSC chief executive Mike Daisley says reading printed maps and navigating handheld compasses are an essential skill ...

By Ken Burns and David Leonhardt Produced by Jillian Weinberger President Trump’s threats to democracy have prompted a number ...

Readers on TikTok and Instagram are making the aesthetics of reading more visible than ever with creative, and often intricate, annotations. Called marginalia, these markups can be elaborate, with ...

A viral video posted on TikTok claims a Starbucks barista refused to write Charlie Kirk's name for an order. Many fans have been paying tribute to Kirk by ordering his favorite drink at the coffee ...

A resurfaced interview with Maggie Baugh may put those Keith Urban dating rumors to bed once and for all. The 25-year-old ...