By Nadra Nittle, Long Beach Press Telegram The Common Core State Standards have been blamed for the shift away from cursive. The new standards, which 43 states, including California, have adopted since 2010, developed a uniform set of guidelines for K-12 students nationally in math and English-language arts. The controversial standards do not require students to learn cursive, prompting national debate about the handwriting form’s future. - Read Full Story |