MINDING P’S & Q’S: Cursive Handwriting At Debate’s Center
Arkansas school districts have option to teach under Common Core
Posted: January 14, 2012 at 5:48 a.m.
Third-grade students in Holly Ownbey’s class at Tyson Elementary School work on their cursive handwriting Friday in Springdale. The school puts an importance on the style of writing.
Are handwriting skills being lost because of technology? Is there a need to continue teaching cursive handwriting in schools?
David Mercado, 10, a fifth-grader in Karen Rogers’ class at Tyson Elementary School works Friday on a science exercise using ...
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Common Core
Common Core State Standards have been developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators and education experts, to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare students for college and the work force. These standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education careers so that they will graduate high school able to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in work force training programs. In Arkansas, the standards are being phased in with the standards already in place in elementary schools.
Source: www.corestandards.org
Karen Rogers works her fifth-graders through an exercise practicing writing cursive in the air Friday at Tyson Elementary Sch...
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Who Invented Cursive Handwriting?
In 14 A.D., an Italian man named Aldus Manutius was credited for creating cursive handwriting with Roman capitals and small letters.
Source: Ask.com
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It appears to me that the developers of school cirriculum are forgetting one thing - signatures are not obsolete. They are still used for signing checks, legal documents, etc. I understand that students need to advance their skills as technology changes, but they shouldn't remove teaching a skill that is still needed.
Posted by: Rascal01
January 19, 2012 at 11:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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