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C October 25, 2019
R No, they believe it's not mandatory to teach cursive to teach cursive, they should teach digital citizenship instead.
A WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7, the url ends in a .com.
A No spelling/grammar mistakes.
P To persuade readers to believe cursive writing shouldn't be taught, digital citizenship should be taught instead.

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Should schools be required to teach cursive handwriting?

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C April 10, 2019
R Yes, they believe cursive writing should still be taught in schools.
A The author is KVUE and the url ends in a .com.
A No spelling/grammar mistakes.
P To persuade readers to believe cursive writing should still be taught in schools.

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Should cursive writing be taught in our schools?

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C November 13, 2013
R It agrees and disagrees, giving the two different sides of the claim.
A The author is Los Angeles Times and the url ends in a .com.
A No spelling/grammar mistakes.
P To inform readers about both sides of the claim: Should students learn cursive writing in schools?

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C August 24, 2011
R Yes, it agrees with my claim, stating cursive writing is useful and still should be taught in schools.
A The author is CNN and the url ends in a .com.
A No spelling/grammar mistakes.
P To persuade readers to believe cursive writing should still be taught in schools.

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C August 23, 2019
R It agrees and disagrees, showing the two different sides of the claim.
A The author is KJRH (Tulsa) and the url ends in a .com.
A No spelling/grammar mistakes.
P To inform readers about the two different sides of cursive writing being taught in schools.

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C February 26, 2012
R Yes, it agrees with my claim and it tells readers 7 reasons why cursive writing should still be taught in schools
A The author is Parenting Squad and the url ends in a .com.
A No spelling/grammar errors.
P To persuade readers to believe cursive writing should still be taught in schools.

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C February 17, 2015
R No, it doesn't agree with my claim, it says schools should teach programming instead.
A The author is MakeUseOf and the url ends in a .com.
A No spelling/grammar mistakes.
P To persuade readers to believe that schools shouldn't teach cursive and focus on programming instead.

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C It was last updated May 1, 2013.
R No, it doesn't agree with my claim and tells the readers why cursive writing shouldn't be taught in schools.
A The author is The New York Times and the url ends in a .com.
A No spelling/grammar errors.
P To persuade readers to believe that schools shouldn't teach cursive.

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Morgan Polikoff is an assistant professor of education at the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education, where he researches the design and effects of standards, assessment and accountability policies.

Districts and states should not mandate the teaching of cursive. Cursive should be allowed to die. In fact, it's already dying, despite having been taught for decades. Very small proportions of adults use cursive for their day-to-day writing. Much of our communication is done on a keyboard, and the rest is done with print.

Educators and policymakers should resist the urge to add more skills to the Common Core because doing so undermines the strength of the standards.

Additionally, there is little compelling research to suggest the teaching of cursive positively affects other student skills enough to merit its teaching. While both research and common sense indicate students should be taught some form of penmanship, there is simply no need to teach students both print and cursive.

The Common Core standards are well constructed and full of the essential skills students need to succeed in reading and writing. The architects of the standards certainly weighed the inclusion of cursive and believed there was no need to include it. Thus, educators and policymakers should resist the urge to add more skills. Doing so would simply result in a crowded, less-focused curriculum, undermining the strength of the standards.

Given these realities, teachers would be better off focusing on the skills and knowledge that will impact student success in the future. These include printing and typing, but not cursive. As we have done with the abacus and the slide rule, it is time to retire the teaching of cursive. The writing is on the wall.

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Morgan Polikoff is an assistant professor of education at the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education, where he researches the design and effects of standards, assessment and accountability policies. Districts and states should not mandate the teaching of cursive. Cursive should be allowed to die.

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C December 18, 2019
R Yes, it agrees with my claim, it tells the readers reasons why cursive writing should be taught in schools.
A The author is The New York Times and the url ends with a .com.
A No spelling/grammar mistakes.
P To persuade readers into thinking cursive writing should be taught in schools.

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Should All Schools Teach Cursive? (Published 2019)

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A 10-year-old cursive champ makes an argument in its favor. Is he convincing?

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C October 7, 2019
R It agrees and disagrees, it shows the two different sides.
A The publisher is Scholastic, and the url ends with a .com.
A No spelling/grammar mistakes.
P It informs readers of the two different sides of cursive, and if it should be taught in school or not.

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C October 17, 2016.
R It discusses why cursive writing isn't in common-core standards, but the author doesn't say if she believes it should be taught or not.
A The author is NewsHour Productions LLC., and the url ends in an org.
A No spelling/grammar errors
P The article informs us why common-core standards don't include cursive writing.

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Why don't the common-core standards include cursive writing?

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Should schools teach cursive handwriting? The question is a polarizing one in the K-12 education world.

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C November 6, 2012, it was last updated in August 2018.
R Yes, it agrees with my claim and believes cursive writing should be taught in schools.
A The publisher is Concordia University-Portland, and the url ends with an edu.
A No spelling/grammar mistakes.
P It persuades readers to believe cursive writing should be taught in school.