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Why Don’t We Write in Cursive Anymore?

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For generations, American children learned to loop their letters into graceful, flowing words. Notes passed in class, signatures practiced on notebooks, the elegance of a handwritten letter — all of it once depended on cursive. Yet for much of the last two decades, cursive seemed destined to fade into history. The decline was especially sharp after 2010, when cursive was omitted from the Common Core education standards. Typing skills were prioritized instead, and many schools quietly dropped cursive instruction altogether. An entire cohort of students grew up with little or no exposure to this form ...Read More

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