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created on 09/12/2007  |  http://fubar.com/understanding-me/b128083  |  1 followers

Indiana Schools No Longer Required To Teach Cursive 

 

Is the keyboard completely replacing the pen?

Indiana school officials have announced that students will no longer be required to learn cursive writing, effective this fall.

In a memo to schools in April, state officials said schools can still teach cursive as independent school protocol, but students will be expected to be proficient in using the keyboard, The Tribune-Starreports.

District and school officials didn't find the announcement particularly surprising.

From the Associated Press:

"The skill of handwriting is a dying art," [said East Allen County Schools Superintendent Karyle Green]. "Everything isn't handwritten anymore."

The Tribune-Star also reports that parents are worried about children knowing how to sign their names. The SAT and Advanced Placement exams also currently require handwritten essays.

 

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I dare say, though,  could these chirldren read, to begin with?

 

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