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A change at hand

After years of neglect, penmanship makes comeback in schools

By Paysha Stockton
Globe Correspondent / February 6, 2005

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At a large, circular table in a kindergarten and first-grade classroom, a girl in pigtails writes about singing, using a pencil to fill the wide lines in her notebook with careful print. (Full article: 1192 words)

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