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Ny times room for debate require cursive.
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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.
Cursive writing is a system of writing in which the letters of a word are joined.
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There s very little lifting of the pen or pencil from the paper except between words.
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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.
Making the easiest joins skipping others using print like forms of letters whose cursive and.
The fastest clearest handwriters join only some letters.
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.
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.
The speed and efficiency of cursive helps in the classroom and research shows learning cursive contributes to brain development.
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As a result states and districts are grappling with.
Handwriting matters but not cursive.
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Whether or not the next generation will be taught to read.
Which omits cursive handwriting from required curriculum.
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Is cursive a dying activity.
Schools debate cursive handwriting instruction nationwide.