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The cursive writing taught in schools has considerably decreased during the last twenty years, and this is mostly because of a significant change in the priorities of education. The general ...

Two and a half years ago, I presented a carefully thought-out argument for not requiring schools to teach cursive, calling it the equivalent of teaching about slide rules. I expected praise for my ...