The Indianapolis Star (7/11, Elliott) reports that the new school curriculum approved by Indiana officials eliminates cursive handwriting instruction in favor of mandatory keyboarding classes. "The national move away from cursive is being fueled by the Common Core curriculum," which includes keyboarding but not cursive. The piece notes that the move is controversial.
Meanwhile, CNN(7/11) reports that "handwriting experts and educators worry that Indiana's choice to stop teaching cursive in schools could negatively affect a child's ability to learn," quoting Paul Sullivan, principal of St. Francis Xavier Elementary School in Burbank, California, "The fluidity of cursive allows, I think, for gains in spelling and a better tie to what they are reading and comprehending through stories and such and through literature."
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