A private school in Rocky Mount is churning out first-graders with some of the best handwriting in the state. Alex Kurpinsky can be called the prince of proper penmanship. He knows when it looks right ...

Philip Potempa , (219) 852-4327 Sep 20, 2015 Sep 20, 2015Updated Oct 14, 2024 0 1 of 10 Luanne Grisafi, a second-grade teacher at Our Lady of Grace Elementary School in Highland, demonstrates the ...

Because many students never learn proper handwriting, some teachers in higher grades say they will accept any legible form of communication. In Barbara Ferges’ sixth-grade classroom at Roosevelt ...

In the computer age, it might seem as though proper penmanship is becoming less important with each passing day. Yet sloppy handwriting can hurt students' academic performance, from their class grades ...

Sixth-graders in Linda Op de Beeck's classroom at Barton Elementary School in Anaheim must complete all their homework assignments on computers. The result, Op de Beeck says, is neater and easier to ...

But no matter when someone learns proper handwriting, it's an important skill to have, she said, even if society uses computers and phones more and more. "Even though students need to have the ...

PHOENIX - In a time when children are communicating more often on the computer using a keyboard or the keypad of a cell phone, some teachers in the Phoenix area are going back to basics. They're ...