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Canadian baseball player Joey Votto is trying to extend his career by playing with the Toronto Blue Jays this year. He issued a handwritten apology for earlier remarks he made about Canadian baseball. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Nesius

March 19, 2024

Joey Votto’s handwritten apology to baseball fans shows the pen is mightier than the bat

Hetty Roessingh, University of Calgary

The power of a handwritten letter became clear when baseball player Joey Votto penned an apology to Canadian fans. Votto also reopened the debate about whether kids should learn cursive writing.

Older generations have sometimes been shocked that some younger people can’t read a handwritten note. (Shutterstock)

August 22, 2019

Why cursive handwriting needs to make a school comeback

Hetty Roessingh, University of Calgary

Developing fluency in handwriting matters for literacy outcomes, and handwriting is an elegant testimony to the unique power of the human voice.

January 26, 2016

Learning handwriting is more about training the brain than cursive script

Mark Mon-Williams, University of Leeds

There’s more to learning handwriting than just joined-up letters.

Is it important that we can write? Or that we can write nicely? photosteve101

February 2, 2015

How much does handwriting matter?

Misty Adoniou, University of Canberra

Handwriting is dead, long live keyboard skills! So says the Finnish education system. From 2016 handwriting will no longer be taught in Finnish schools. And when a high-performing country like Finland…

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