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 new ...

(The Conversation) – Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I can’t read cursive yet.” Then he handed it to me to read.

Last year, Anderson launched a remarkable, five-years-in-the-making project called Alphabet in Motion: How Letters Get Their ...

Dear members of the MIT community, The U.S. Department of Education recently sent MIT and eight other institutions a proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” along with a letter ...

A frequent letter writer claims that progressives are trying to destroy freedom in this country by creating a government-controlled society. What do we have now? The current administration is trying ...

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy is one of the most severe complications that can occur with influenza. I know it’s a mouthful, but it’s only the tip of the iceberg of what flu can do. Flu can cause ...

With the Major League Baseball’s World Series set to begin tonight in Toronto, Google has decided to join the bandwagon with a special doodle. Baseball fans are ready for the 2025 Major League ...

For as long as people could write, it seems, the more romantic and less self-conscious among us have been penning love letters. But in the era of ephemeral digital communication, the visceral pleasure ...

The graduate application allows applicants to select up to two graduate campuses and/or majors per application. If you are applying to more than one graduate program, we highly suggest you contact ...

Large crowds gathered on Saturday for the second time in a matter of months to protest President Donald Trump and his policies.

Ken Burns joins David Frum to discuss how his new documentary captures both the triumphs and the tragedies of the nation’s ...