[Forget when you type, remember when you write by hand] The overlooked mnemonic technique in the age of digital learning

Taking classes on a tablet and typing notes into an app. Copying key points from reference books into smartphone memos. Such learning methods are becoming the norm. It certainly looks fast and ...

Is Angelina Jolie's handwriting hard to read, or are we out of practice?

Can you read Angelina Jolie's handwriting? That's what the internet has been asking this week after a thank-you note the ...
Harvard Gazette

Is cursive worth learning?

Pencil-and-paper asks more of a student than a keyboard. Maybe that’s the point, says expert on language and literacy ...

Why the signs of long-established shops in Kyoto can be read from the 'right' is because they are not written horizontally | Vertical writing with one character per lin…

Since moving to Kyoto, I can barely read the signs of long-established shops. Not only are the characters written in a ...
The Valdosta Daily Times

Nine Lowndes County Schools earn John Hancock Student Signature Award for excellence in cursive writing

Nine Lowndes County Schools have earned statewide recognition for their students’ cursive writing achievements through the ...
The Economist

Is it still worthwhile to teach cursive in school?

“BEWARE OF A man whose writing sways like a reed in the wind,” Confucius warned. The ancient philosopher would have been rather suspicious of many literary giants. Leo Tolstoy’s handwriting was messy ...