Anyone who has ever taken an SAT has had the sacredness of the No. 2 pencil drilled into them. But what makes a No. 2 pencil what it is? What separates it from a No. 1 or No. 4? And what makes a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — They’re at the top of the list for every back-to-school shopper: pencils. And not just any pencil will do—they’ve got to be No. 2 pencils. But, what the heck is a No. 2 pencil? And ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — School starts in less than a month at area schools and one of the most requested items on the school supply list are those No. 2 pencils. As the preferred writing utensil to help fill ...

The No. 2 pencils tucked into backpacks of kids heading back to Wabash Valley schools this week look a lot like those their grandparents carried. Pencils have persevered through the rise of other ...