Post by Logan on Mar 28, 2016 3:50:16 GMT -6
PHOENIX — Insisting it’s good for everything from civics to brain development, state lawmakers want to require students to know how to read and write in cursive.
Legislation on the desk of Gov. Doug Ducey would mandate that schools include cursive reading and writing in their curriculum. Specifically, students would have to show by the end of fifth grade they are “able to create readable documents through legible cursive handwriting.”
But, unlike a requirement that students know how to read by the end of the third grade, there is nothing in the law that says students who can’t display that skill don’t get to go on to sixth grade.
The vote by the House to send the bill to Ducey followed extensive debate over the merits of cursive writing. And proponents cited what they said is research by Steve Graham, a professor at Arizona State University who has developed a national reputation in not only teaching writing but how it can be used to support reading and learning.
Read more: tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/arizona-lawmakers-want-schools-to-teach-cursive/article_77ef727c-985a-5037-a9d9-c1936dfb7a9f.html
Legislation on the desk of Gov. Doug Ducey would mandate that schools include cursive reading and writing in their curriculum. Specifically, students would have to show by the end of fifth grade they are “able to create readable documents through legible cursive handwriting.”
But, unlike a requirement that students know how to read by the end of the third grade, there is nothing in the law that says students who can’t display that skill don’t get to go on to sixth grade.
The vote by the House to send the bill to Ducey followed extensive debate over the merits of cursive writing. And proponents cited what they said is research by Steve Graham, a professor at Arizona State University who has developed a national reputation in not only teaching writing but how it can be used to support reading and learning.
Read more: tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/arizona-lawmakers-want-schools-to-teach-cursive/article_77ef727c-985a-5037-a9d9-c1936dfb7a9f.html