“Modern research indicates that more areas of the human brain are engaged when children use cursive handwriting than when they keyboard,” said Bateman, who handwrites 125 ornate letters each year.

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce recently updated its five-year-old guidance for school districts that want to teach handwriting and cursive. Some districts in Northeast Ohio are ...

But it's a passion for two Minnesota kids ... letters' shape, size, spacing and slant. "Many people are impressed by the children after they graduate that the students can read and write in ...