When Jack Lew was nominated to be Treasury secretary in 2013, President Barack Obama joked that as a condition of the appointment, Lew would have to learn to sign his name more legibly. The ...

HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — A contest at Herrick District Library in Holland is encouraging kids to flex their creative writing skills. The Short Story Summer Writing Contest is accepting submissions ...

BALTIMORE -- WJZ's latest community MVP is working hard to improve literacy rates while helping children to harness the power of the written word. Leslie Crawford of Southwest Baltimore sat down with ...

Studies find many elementary school teachers have had little-to-no preparation in how to effectively teach handwriting, and a University of Iowa special education professor has developed a free tool ...

A pair of bills filed for the 2026 Legislative Session would mandate students from second to fifth grade to learn how to write and read in cursive.

Take a look at your hand, right or left, it doesn't matter. Now imagine every finger represents a word. How many sentences can you come up with? I think therefore I am. Don't sweat the small stuff.

Robots haven’t taken over the world just yet, but they’re certainly becoming more and more a part of our everyday lives. Just last month, Japan announced that it was building a hotel that would be ...

As school-age children increasingly rely solely on digital devices for remote- and in-class learning, many K-12 school systems around the world are phasing out cursive handwriting and no longer ...

500 Words, aims to spark children’s imaginations - encouraging them to write the stories they’d love to read, discover new books, and explore the power of creativity through storytelling. In 2024/25, ...

The Royal celebration of children’s creativity invites young writers to submit original short stories, showcasing the best in homegrown storytelling We are so excited to be back for 500 Words! It’s a ...