Jan. 23 is National Handwriting Day, invented by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association in 1977 and pegged to John Hancock’s birthday. On this day, Big Pen encourages you to “use a pen or a ...

The signature of George Washington, the first president of the United States, is seen on a letter he wrote regarding the United States' Constitution. The signature of George Washington, the first ...

As recently as a half-century ago, young American students would spend many lessons writing curved loops and diagonal lines, as they learned how to write in cursive. Over the years, though, computer ...

A variety of educators and politicians across the country are pushing back against the death of cursive, resurrecting the rite of passage. Here's why. Ask anyone who completed third grade in the 1980s ...

ROANOKE — La’Montez Saunders could have been outside playing basketball with his buddies on a recent warm afternoon. Instead, the 10-year-old boy was inside the West End Center in Roanoke, seated at a ...

From the start of 2024, the state of California reinstated the requirement that first through sixth graders in public schools learn to write in cursive. The handwriting technique stopped being taught ...