Cursive is not necessary to learn in school. Kids who are interested can pretty much learn it on their own. I's like making the argument to learn latin.

Cursive , is a means of making printing , faster , by making it flow . Apparently , kids using machines to print , is faster than writing . Still , I was surprised to learn they are no longer teaching cursive in schools.

Teach them history instead of cursive. That way they might have enough sense to not vote for idiots like Obama!

I learned cursive in 2nd grade and I’ve yet to use it beyond signing my name. At this point, cursive is just art.

I still frequently use a pen and paper to record information. Cursive comes in handy. I have smartphones and iPads, but they are still not as handy. Electronic storage of information is useful for me as I am far less likely to loose it and find it easily.

I honestly don't see why there is such concern about it. Aside from a signature, no one really uses it much any more. I see it sometimes on birthday cards and Christmas cards but, really nothing else. And as far as signatures go, even those are becoming more often digital. I bought my house a little over a year ago. I never actually signed a physical piece of paper with the mortgage company. It was all digital signatures online.

In Maine? Is it by state decision-how education usually works.