"Finland recently made the news for its decision to shift away from a focus on handwriting. Beginning in 2016 students will not be required to learn cursive handwriting and instead will be taught typing skills."
So again, this is a school system ditching cursive. Not handwriting.
I disagree that cursive vs block letters is not important. In the past schools have taught both. But as typing replaces writing for long texts, cursive has become obsolete. Yet I still find many uses for block lettering. Let's teach block, and ditch cursive for typing instruction.
"Finland recently made the news for its decision to shift away from a focus on handwriting. Beginning in 2016 students will not be required to learn cursive handwriting and instead will be taught typing skills."
So again, this is a school system ditching cursive. Not handwriting.
I disagree that cursive vs block letters is not important. In the past schools have taught both. But as typing replaces writing for long texts, cursive has become obsolete. Yet I still find many uses for block lettering. Let's teach block, and ditch cursive for typing instruction.