Cursive handwriting instruction began fizzling out as far back as the 1970s, according to a 2010 public schools report. The Common Core State Standards, a set of educational guidelines, requires students to learn keyboarding but not cursive handwriting. Some schools, especially those with limited budgets or low standardized test scores, are focusing strictly on state-mandated subjects.
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