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12 July 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 07:02 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Indiana is the latest US state which will not require its schoolchildren to learn joined-up, or cursive, writing.<\/p>\n

But students will have to learn basic typing skills, which education officials say are more useful in the modern employment world.<\/p>\n

The move is part of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, which aims to ensure consistency in US education and makes no mention of handwriting.<\/p>\n

But critics say writing well is a vital skill for life and builds character.<\/p>\n

US schoolchildren currently learn to write with joined-up writing from about the age of eight.<\/p>\n

But under the core standards<\/a> – which were released in June 2010 and have been adopted by nearly all US states – there is no requirement for them to do so.<\/p>\n

‘Progressive’<\/span><\/p>\n

Children from grade six upwards – about 11 years old – will, however, be expected to “demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting”.<\/p>\n

Many schools have said there simply is not enough time in the term to teach children both.<\/p>\n

Dr Scott Hamilton, an Indiana clinical psychologist, said the time children spend labouring over script could be better used.<\/p>\n

Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n
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How are they supposed to know how to sign their names?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

End Quote<\/span> Jerry Long<\/span> Parent<\/span><\/div>\n

“From an intuitive standpoint, this makes sense, based on the increasingly digital world into which this generation of children is growing up,” he said.<\/p>\n

Denna Renbarger, an education official in Lawrence Township, Indiana, said there were many more important things for students to be learning at school<\/p>\n

“I think it’s progressive of our state to be ahead on this,” she told the Indianapolis Star.<\/a><\/p>\n

Indiana officials have stressed that the standards are not exhaustive and that teachers could continue teaching handwriting if they chose.<\/p>\n

But some parents, teachers and psychologists have reacted angrily to the move, saying there is more to handwriting than being able to write quickly.<\/p>\n

“The fluidity of cursive allows for gains in spelling and a better tie to what they are reading and comprehending through stories and through literature,” Paul Sullivan, head teacher of a school in California, told CNN.<\/p>\n

“I think there’s a firmer connection of wiring between the brain’s processes of learning these skills and the actual practice of writing.”<\/p>\n

Parent Jerry Long told the Indianapolis Star he was worried about what the new system could mean for his sixth grade daughter in the future.<\/p>\n

“I don’t agree with it. How are they supposed to know how to sign their names?”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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