Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a ...

And even some elementary school teachers confess they don’t know how to write in cursive. This might sound like the handwriting apocalypse doomsayers have warned of for generations. But it’s ...

Melva Hardison was born in Tennessee and raised near Florence, Alabama. She began working at a family cafe when she was 12. She was raised by her aunt. She had other odd jobs in the mostly rural ...

"First birthday as a mama and I truly couldn’t be happier or imagine it being any more special," Collins wrote in her caption. "What a magical year it’s been and what a beautiful year I’m ...

Outside, she wears a pink bandana to cover her scalp. “Mama I’m tired – I want to die. Why won’t my hair grow?” she pleaded with her mother, Om-Mohammed, when CNN visited the family in ...

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in ...

Daniel M. Lavery co-founded and co-edited the editorial site The Toast from 2013 to 2016. He served as Slate’s Dear Prudence advice columnist from 2016 to 2021. He is a bestselling New York ...