The national move away from cursive is being fueled by the Common Core curriculum. That is an effort led by governors in 46 states, including Indiana, to agree to common standards and, eventually, common tests to measure whether kids are learning them. Cursive is not part of the Common Core curriculum. Keyboarding is.
This site endorses multi-lingualism and debunks the idea that English is threatened -- quite the contrary -- and notes that the language is fluid and is in the hands of buffoons, ... and God bless them, every one.
7/13/11
Cursive sieve
Indiana is the latest state to dump cursive handwriting as part of the curriculum.
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