Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of ditching this age-old practice, especially for kids.

Learning to write involves the acquisition of several skills, not the least of which is handwriting. Indeed, studies in cognitive psychology have clearly demonstrated that it takes time to acquire ...

One of the main advantages of manuscript is that students encounter these letters in books. “Studies show that spending two years learning manuscript writing strengthens letter recognition and helps ...

Under an initiative called "Sounds-Write," adopted by the school district more than two years ago, words are not just letters on a board, but sounds with interconnected meaning.

Across the country, cursive writing had been substantially abandoned for more than a decade in favor of teaching elementary school students to type after they learned to print letters.