Science of Reading and Learning Science
Understanding how children learn changes everything. The Science of Reading and broader learning science give us a research-based picture of how the brain develops, how children acquire skills, why some students struggle, and what instructional approaches make the biggest difference. Explore our articles to dig into the evidence.
Cursive’s Comeback: What Brain Science Actually Says
Keyboards were supposed to make cursive obsolete — but neuroscience just proved otherwise.
Keyboards were supposed to make cursive obsolete — but neuroscience just proved otherwise. When children learn letters by hand, stroke by stroke, the brain's reading centers light up in ways that typing simply cannot produce. Those looping letters aren't old-fashioned; they're building brains. What researchers discovered next is changing the way educators think about screens, pencils, and everything in between.