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Finland has chosen to not teach handwriting anymore, teaching typing instead. http://thelearnersway.net/ideas/2014/12/12/handwriting-vs-typing-reflecting-on-fin

• normloman 12y ago
  But in the first line: "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.