Is cursive writing unnecessary in “today’s world?”
CURSIVE WRITING NOT IN COMMON CORE’S STANDARDS
What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades?
Does handwriting matter?
Not very much, according to many educators. The Common Core standards, which have been adopted in most states, call for teaching legible writing, but only in kindergarten and first grade. After that, the emphasis quickly shifts to proficiency on the keyboard.
But psychologists and neuroscientists say it is far too soon to declare handwriting a relic of the past. New evidence suggests that the links between handwriting and broader educational development run deep.
Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to write by hand, but they also remain better able to generate ideas and retain information. In other words, it’s not just what we write that matters — but how. READ MORE….
CURSIVE WRITING and THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
Without cursive instruction the Constitution is unreadable.
Is cursive’s day in classroom done?
As schools swap out old state standards for new Common Core academics, educators are warning about an overlooked casualty of progress – cursive handwriting.
They say that, because Common Core standards don’t call for cursive instruction, public schools are more likely to drop or, at least, de-emphasize it. Their fears are not unfounded.
— At least 41 states do not require public schools to teach cursive reading or writing.
— Common Core is silent on cursive, but it prioritizes computer use and keyboarding skills because its tests are taken on computers. more….
There has been VERY LITTLE INSTRUCTION ON THE CONSTITUTION for decades and now America’s future citizens won’t be able to study it on their own if they can’t read cursive.
When a nation’s citizens can no longer read the original Constitution and Bill of Rights, how will we maintain our God given rights?
If you don’t know your rights…. you don’t have any.
The Truth in History….
OUR NATION’S TRUE HISTORY replaced with REVISIONIST HISTORY
ASSAULT ON AMERICA
January 16th, 2004 by Michael Chapman
“Natural rights and natural liberties exist only in the kingdom of mythological social zoology.”[1] -John Dewey, 1935 The debate over Minnesota’s Social Studies standards is a continuation of the battle between those who seek to preserve America by passing on America’s Founding principles contained in the Declaration of Independence, and those who believe it’s time […] Read More
TRANSFORMATIONAL EDUCATION: The New Mission of Schools
January 16th, 2003 by Michael Chapman
The Federal Curriculum Minnesota, like every state in the nation, is in a battle with the federal government for control of education. The National Content Standards dictated through Federal Goals 2000 did NOT go away with a change of administration. President Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) continues to name and fund, for example, the […] Read More
EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE TYRANNY
September 16th, 2005 by Michael Chapman
On September 10, 2003 in Prague at the International Conference on Education for a Sustainable Future, the United Nations declared 2005 through 2015, “The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).” To nobody’s surprise, the UN also named UNESCO (The United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) as the lead agency for this global effort. […]
ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS IN EDUCATION
September 16th, 2005 by Michael Chapman
For more than a dozen years, I have been working to expose anti-Christian bias within America’s popular curriculum. But it wasn’t until I ran across a copy of Curriculum Standards for Social Studies,1published by the National Council for the Social Studies under a US Department of Education grant, that I realized the force of law […] Read More
TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF THE AMERICAN HERITAGE IN MINNESOTA PUBLIC SCHOOL ACT
March 29th, 2005 by Michael Chapman
HF0867; SF1137 My name is Michael J. Chapman. I am a resident of Eden Prairie, father of two children, a full time technical writer, an author and education researcher. I am also a collector of rare books and the founder of American Heritage Research. For many years, I have conducted curriculum reviews and given in-service [… Read More