Teaching Cursive Writing Is Making a Comeback in Public Schools

In 2010, U.S. public schools adopted the controversial “Common Core” curricula. The lead writers of the standards argued that student and adult communication had shifted almost entirely to technology. Consequently, they felt it was “most critical” for students to master keyboarding skills (typing) rather than a script that was becoming obsolete in professional settings. Also, developers and many teachers argued that teaching cursive takes an “enormous amount of instructional time” that could be better spent on other skills.

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The real-world impact of children being unable to read cursive is explained by the mother of New York school kids.

“I can’t write letters or even short notes to them [her children] in my own handwriting — something my parents completely took for granted. Instead,