In Holly Martin’s third-grade class at Saint Columbkille in Brighton, the old-fashioned chalkboard has been replaced with an electronic screen. But Martin uses the screen to teach her students a ...

The curlicue letters of cursive handwriting, once considered a mainstay of American elementary education, have been slowly disappearing from classrooms for years. Now, with most states adopting ...

The origin of the terms uppercase and lowercase might seem pretty self-explanatory. Upper and lower must be references to the height of the letters, and the use of case is presumably an offshoot ...

Bookkeeper Platt Rogers Spencer created a fancy form of cursive with whorls and flourishes ... who was happy to be learning her name letter, said she found lowercase Z tricky because “they don ...

Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve always disliked signing my name. Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in curs… ...

SOMERSET — From educational requirement to after-school activity, cursive writing is making a comeback ... “It looks really fancy,” said student Noelle Jean, age 8.

If you had any trouble, don’t despair. The death of cursive has not been exaggerated. And if writing all of your office memos by hand for a day feels too daunting, I have a tip: If you’re on a ...

The origin of the terms uppercase and lowercase might seem pretty self-explanatory.Upper and lower must be references to the height of the letters, and the use of case is presumably an offshoot of ...