Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of ditching this age-old... If you're like many digitally savvy Americans, it ...

Jack London said every writer should keep a notebook. “Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it,” London said. “Lead pencil markings endure longer than memory.” It’s sage advice, but then again, ...

Creative commons photo of a fourth grade class practicing their typing courtesy flickr user woodleywonderworks. A class that for decades was generally part of the middle school experience is now more ...

BUFFALO — In an era when many students will be taking standardized tests on computers, K-12 teachers must balance the benefits of handwriting assignments with the ever-growing need for typing. Last ...

Don’t tell my mother, because I’ll never hear the end of her gloating, but the most important class I think I ever took was typing. We’re talking “summer school” between fifth and sixth grade, 1981, ...

If you're like many digitally savvy Americans, it has likely been a while since you've spent much time writing by hand. The laborious process of tracing out our thoughts, letter by letter, on the page ...