Cursive Is Now Legally Required To Be Taught In CA Schools
As of Jan. 1, elementary students must learn to write cursive in the classroom for the first time in over a decade, according to reports.
Cursive is making a comeback in California schools.
As of Jan. 1, elementary students must learn to write cursive in the classroom for the first time since 2010, according to CBS News Sacramento. The bill behind the new law passed the California Assembly 79-0, the Los Angeles Times reported.
“If you want your child to have their optimum ability to learn, remember and synthesize information, you will want them to focus on handwriting and cursive,” Stockton Unified School District Superintendent Michelle Rodriguez told CBS News Sacramento.
Cursive was previously a learning goal for California students in third and fourth grades, but it is now required to be taught between first and sixth grades, the Times reported.
Knowing how to read cursive can help students decipher historical documents as well as cards and letters, according to Tyara Brooks, who teaches fourth grade at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena, the Times reported. Writing in cursive is also both less stressful for hands and faster, according to the Times.
