In 1900, the world literacy rate stood around 20%, and exorbitantly-priced, unreliable utensils weren’t helping. In 1888, American inventor John Loud created the first ballpoint pen. It worked ...

A pen that can transform Braille into English text has been developed by experts at the University of Bristol. Braille ...

Nimah Gobir: She discovered that handwriting is an essential part of learning language. Writing by hand strengthens letter recognition and supports memory and recall—especially when taught alongside ...

Suzanne Nossel is CEO of PEN America. We need to reinvent civics ... Also, news and information literacy need to become bedrocks of our middle and high school curricula. Kids spend six to nine ...