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A Case For Cursive
Cursive handwriting is less common nowadays, and the requirement to teach it has even been removed from the Common Core Standards for public education. But now some states are taking a stand. Alabama recently joined California and Louisiana in passing a law that mandates cursive proficiency for its students.
Tamara Plakins Thorton, American History Professor at SUNY Buffalo and author of Handwriting in America: A Cultural History (Yale University Press, 1998), and Cheryl Lundy-Swift, National Workshop leader for Handwriting Without Tears, discussed how handwriting is taught in the public school system.