[TrudyM]

Printing so people can read it a definite yes. Cursive past learning to sign your name is very hard for little kids and time consuming to teach. My son when he was in Kindergarten and first grade would cry himself to sleep because he couldn’t control the pencil to do cursive writing. We spent hours practicing at home but it was just no use you couldn't read what he wrote for love or money. This is a kid who could at that age do math in his head and tested at a grade five levels in math and science and grade 3 in reading. Logical reasoning and how to research and find answers in this changing world is more important than memorizing facts in my opinion. Reading and Lit and critical thinking not fact memorizing to past some test. I may be more sensitive than most as I have dyslexia and was labeled as retarded because I couldn’t regurgitate facts. In a world in which both parents must work a longer school day and more money allocated to a well-rounded curriculum just makes economic sense.