A group of New Jersy lawmakers wants to, once again, teach kids how to write in cursive. Cursive was done away with because of Common Core, a controversial set of national standards in Education.
Former teacher Janice Crouse likes the lawmakers’ plan. She says using cursive can actually improve student recall.
“Handwritten notes give you greater recall. It's something that kind of cements things into your brain, and it activates all aspects of the brain, not just segments of it."
WABC radio reports the goal is to have students reading and writing cursive at
least by third grade. Crouse says she’s not sure why cursive was done away in the classroom.
“It seems to me having spent years teaching in the classroom this has gone through phases. They tend to like fads have some word that's the kind of a rallying cry for a particular year."
Some have noted that students visiting the National Archives could not read the original Declaration of Independence since it is written in cursive.
