Some Ohio lawmakers say students are spending more time learning to type on keyboards at the expense of handwriting, especially cursive. From our Statehouse Bureau, Andy Chow reports.
Republican State Rep. Cheryl Grossman of the central Ohio area wants to require schools to teach cursive, which is no longer included in the state's education standards.
Grossman said kids who don't know cursive could have trouble studying historic documents or even signing their own names.
"There are proven studies talking about the cognitive benefits of cursive writing and hat that does to enhance people's thinking skills or their fine motor skills," Grossman said. "So there's all these reasons on why this makes all the sense in the world."
The state's largest teacher's union and the Ohio School Boards Association are not taking sides on the issue.