Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

The monkey tail is dead. It sounds morbid and sad, but there is no mourning here in Kristi Burton’s first-grade classroom at Duffy School. Teacher and students have moved on. The D’Nealian alphabet’s ...

Incorporating handwriting lessons can have numerous benefits for older students—here’s how to get them started.