Educators say traditional typing practice is essential for standardized testing performance and future careers.

Learning to type has come a long way from banging out rows of f-f-f and j-j-j. So has the intended audience, which has moved from middle schoolers to include children as young as kindergarten. There's ...

Public schools in Orange County should make every student learn keyboarding — typing for those of us of a certain age — in middle school, said Bill Sublette, chairman of the Orange County School Board ...

Typing is becoming more important than writing as we use devices more often than pens. If you take too long to respond to DMs, you may need to up your typing game. A quick reply to online messages can ...

Keyboarding is, perhaps, the most essential of all 21st-century skills. With computers in use across the majority of U.S. schools now, many educators may feel the need to focus on educational software ...

Touch typing is a useful skill for children to learn. It is the skill of being able to type without looking down at the keyboard. Some children, when they first begin to type will use the ‘hunt and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Were you taught to touch type or are you, like so many of ...