There s a growing body of research stating that writing in cursive is better for the brain. Maggie wells from parenting squad polled teachers to uncover reasons cursive should be taught in school and here s what they said it does. Cursive Handwriting Should Still Be Taught In School Learning 15 2013 10 52 am. Is cursive still taught in school . Cursive handwriting will no longer be taught in schools because it s a big old waste of time by by john boone fri nov. An hour spent teaching cursive is an hour spent not teaching something that will actually be relevant to children s lives like computer education a subject that is severely underserved in today s schools. The changes in the lone star state which were adopted in 2017 are set to go into. By teaching students cursive more neurons fire in different ways than printing. The article as cursive fades coding in school gains momentum talks about a week long national campaign called hour of code where children are taught compu...