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 ...

Handwriting still has a place in the digital age, its proponents say, and they hoped that what they billed as a “summit” on the subject this week would spotlight their case for the enduring value of ...

Research shows that handwriting practice isn’t just a useless task your teachers concocted to annoy you — it could actually make kids smarter. According to Health Key, researchers found that kids who ...

Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, ...

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.

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 ...