USA Today – Suzanne Wright
“My mother, now in her 70s, has beautiful handwriting. As a young girl, I admired and emulated her expressive script, ultimately winning a couple of penmanship awards for my efforts. My mom was proud and so was I. But with cursive writing instruction in decline since the 1970s in many elementary schools, widespread pride in the almost artistic form of penmanship seems to be waning. Some say it’s another casualty of technology and an outmoded form of communication. The increased pressure on public school educators to adopt the Common Core State Standards — which don’t require handwriting instruction — is another reason it’s been dropped from curriculums across the country. Its very survival may depend on the educators, legislators and parents who believe in the ongoing value of cursive writing in a digital age.”(more)