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

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Music training seems to boost reading skills in young children by enhancing their ability to recognise and manipulate the sounds that make up words. Learning to play an instrument has long been linked ...

Amid a deepening national literacy crisis, awareness is growing that far too many California children do not know how to read. The problem is not that our children can’t learn, experts say, but that ...

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated every year on February 11, highlights the critical role women ...

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