When did schools stop teaching cursive handwriting?

Bateman continues,"The fluid motion employed when writing script enhances hand-eye coordination and develops fine motor skills, in turn promoting reading, writing and cognition skills." And if that's the reasons schools taught cursive, sure, fine. read more

The decision to include cursive when teaching writing is left to states, districts, schools and teachers." Proponents of cursive say that many of the country's historical documents were written in the fancy script, including the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. read more

Over the last five or so years, schools have gradually dropped cursive writing instruction and, in some cases, handwriting practice altogether. Schools have moved towards iPads, tablets, and chrome books which has also reduced the handwriting demand in the classroom. read more