Nimah Gobir: She discovered that handwriting is an essential part of learning language. Writing by hand strengthens letter recognition and supports memory and recall—especially when taught alongside ...

Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive, or else they don’t count. At least, that’s what I was taught growing up. (And I’m really not that old ...

Once a standard in elementary schools, cursive is no longer taught to all students. A Maine lawmaker would like to change that. After watching her teacher trace the downward and upward curves of a ...