Originally Posted by onthegomom
How important are cursive and printed handwriting?

There seems to be very little importance placed on this at our current school. We transfered from a Catholic School that put lots of importance on these skills. I'm wondering about this. Does the computer make hand writing unimportant?

Education professor Steve Graham says handwriting is still important. Links to media coverage of his research are at http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/graham_steve.xml?show=NewsNavigation#faculty .

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." - George Orwell