Handwriting matters but not cursive.
Ny times room for debate require cursive.
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Making the easiest joins skipping others using print like forms of letters whose cursive and.
Whether or not the next generation will be taught to read.
I don t think so at least i still use it on a daily basis and surprisingly i know many other people that do too.
Is cursive a dying activity.
There s very little lifting of the pen or pencil from the paper except between words.
The speed and efficiency of cursive helps in the classroom and research shows learning cursive contributes to brain development.
Cursive writing is a system of writing in which the letters of a word are joined.
As a result states and districts are grappling with.
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The new common core state standards a set of national benchmarks for american public schools do not require students to learn cursive.
Which omits cursive handwriting from required curriculum.
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The architects of the standards certainly weighed the inclusion of cursive and believed there was no need to include it.
Now that it s not mandatory schools around the country are debating whether or not to spend valuable teaching resources on penmanship.
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The fastest clearest handwriters join only some letters.
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