It officially started in 1912 when the U.S. Postmaster General called for the postal service to handle letters to Santa.

And for an increasing number of young children, that's where their training ends. US states such as Indiana have dropped joined-up writing entirely; Finland phased out handwriting lessons ...

What do we know about how ESL children develop as writers? Studies of the writing development of native speakers influenced other researchers to investigate the writing development of second ...