Cursive Handwriting Being Cut from School Curriculums, Teachers Fighting Back against Common Core Standards [VIDEO]
Teachers to fighting back at new reports that cursive handwriting will no longer be taught in classrooms if Common Core standards are fully adopted by 45 states in the U.S.
Educators from seven of the states preparing to phase out the old method of writing in favor of typing courses are preparing to fight to not change the curriculum in schools, UPI reported.
"This shouldn't be happening here and now. We're still using it in everyday things," said North Carolina legislator Pat Hurley, who is sponsoring a "back to basics" law in the state's legislature.
Hurley realized that cursive was becoming a thing of the past when students who toured the statehouse wrote "thank you" letters to her on lined paper but all printed.
North Carolina is not the only state that is trying to fight against the eradication of cursive. Similar measures have been proposed in Massachusetts, Idaho, Ohio, Maryland, California, Indiana, Kansas and Utah. The areas opposed to the change fear that phasing out cursive handwriting will derail future generations' abilities to read older documents all of which are written in cursive, especially ones related to the nation's history.
Those who approve of the Common Core standard think the means of writing has become outdated, especially in an age where more students depend heavily on their electronic devices.
"In the United States, relatively few people use cursive," said Morgan Polikoff, assistant professor of education policy at the University of Southern California.
There has also been debate on Twitter over whether or not cursive should be cut from school curriculums.
"Anyone else? #handwriting#cursive," Kristin Jones tweeted, alongside a picture of a note she wrote in cursive that read "Does anyone else ever find a pen that writes so beautifully that you have to write an entire note with it? No? Just me then. Ok."
