One elementary school in New York City is requiring students to learn cursive handwriting. Students are encouraged to learn to write in cursive because educators believe it will help students learn to construct sentences and understand how words fit together to form meaning. Educational leaders also believe writing in cursive will help students learn to spell because it will force learners to think about how words are formed.
Which forgotten subject did Henry Gradstein Elementary School revive?
Cursive handwriting is making a comeback even after complaints have been received.
Some students report enjoying the process of learning cursive handwriting, likening it to doodling and commenting that it is nice because it is fancy. Enjoying the process indicates that cursive writing will be a life-long skill. School principle Jessica Geller supports the effort to teach cursive because it helps develop students into well-rounded learners likening the effort to teach cursive handwriting to similar efforts to reintroduce chess and ballroom dancing to New York City schools.
Thousands of school students around the country are learning to write in longhand.
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- Cursive has become redundant in classrooms and teachers are no longer teaching the art.
- The debate about cursive writing in the day of technology will wage on.
- Cursive is attempting a comeback back of the artful nature of the way we each write with a unique style.
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