Kansas Surveys Districts About Cursive Handwriting
Associated Press - Mon 07:52 AM 11/12/2012
Schools around the country are spending less time on handwriting instruction as students do more of their work on computers.
The Kansas Department of Education is asking school districts how extensively they're teaching cursive handwriting.
Results of a survey will be presented to the state Board of Education at a meeting this week in Topeka.
Schools around the country are spending less time on handwriting instruction as students do more of their work on computers. Experts
say students accustomed to writing on computers at home have a hard time seeing the relevance of spending hours practicing handwriting.
But the National Association of State Boards of Education wrote in a September policy update that there are benefits. The association says handwriting is a basic skill that can help students in reading, writing, language use and critical thinking.
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Iamgonnagetyou
Monday 12 November 2012 08:03 Report this comment
Not only handwriting but reading, math ect. Have any of you run into some high school kid trying to make change when they don't have a cash register telling them how much. Some times even if the register gives an amount they struggle.