This makes cursive a much faster method of handwriting than printing and the handwriting of choice for students who often must capture a great deal of information in a short.
Ny times room for debate require cursive.
Is cursive a dying activity.
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Making the easiest joins skipping others using print like forms of letters whose cursive and.
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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.
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Now that it s not mandatory schools around the country are debating whether or not to spend valuable teaching resources on penmanship.
The architects of the standards certainly weighed the inclusion of cursive and believed there was no need to include it.
As a result states and districts are grappling with.
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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Thus educators and policymakers should resist the urge to add more skills.
Schools debate cursive handwriting instruction nationwide.
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The fastest clearest handwriters join only some letters.
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The speed and efficiency of cursive helps in the classroom and research shows learning cursive contributes to brain development.
Whether or not the next generation will be taught to read.
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Handwriting matters but not cursive.