Martirano said the new standards, dubbed the West Virginia College - and Career - Readiness Standards, would be more rigorous than the current standards, and include additions like required
cursive handwriting instruction and calculus standards.
Instruction in cursive has been declining since the 1970s, and many teacher education programs don't address handwriting instruction, thereby isolating the skill from its most natural
Instruction in
cursive has been declining since the 1970s, and many teacher education programs don't address
handwriting instruction, thereby isolating the skill from its most natural
instruction, thereby isolating the skill from its most natural advocates.
Steve Graham, an education professor at Arizona State University and one of the top U.S. experts on
handwriting instruction, said he has heard every argument for and against
cursive.