Cursive penmanship no longer required, but many schools refuse to let it go

Angela Russell, fourth grade teacher at Clarkdale-Jerome School, helps Aiden Ashkar on the finer points of cursive writing. Aiden says he is pretty good with writing the letters e, n, i, t, r and c. (Photo by Bill Helm)

Angela Russell, fourth grade teacher at Clarkdale-Jerome School, helps Aiden Ashkar on the finer points of cursive writing. Aiden says he is pretty good with writing the letters e, n, i, t, r and c. (Photo by Bill Helm)

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