We asked four pencil pros — Caroline Weaver, owner of CW Pencil Enterprise; Jaylon Hicks, salesperson at Goods for the Study; Nick Sese, e-commerce ... Because grade schoolers can be rough ...

Pencils are actually made with graphite, which explains why I didn’t come down with lead poisoning when I accidentally stabbed myself with a pencil back in the 5th grade.

Lucas supplies the classrooms at Andover Elementary with sharp pencils. He’s done the same for the two other elementary schools in Andover. During a recent hand delivery, third-grade teacher Rob ...

Students in grades 4 to 7 will take Florida’s new standardized writing test using old-fashioned paper and pencil to quell educators’ fears that younger students don’t have the typing skills ...