Arizona now requires cursive be taught in schools [View all]
PHOENIX -- Arizona has made some big decisions regarding state public school education standards as they relate to the federal guidelines of Common Core.
It's being called Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards.
Among the headline changes are that the state will require public schools to teach students cursive. Students will have to learn print and cursive. For the latter, students will be taught cursive through fifth grade. By third grade, students must be able to read and write cursive in upper and lower case, according to KPHO.
Overall, nearly half of Common Core standards have been revised in K-12 math and language arts. Forty percent of math and 48 percent of language arts Common Core standards have been revised at the state level.
Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/education/arizona-now-requires-cursive-taught-schools/1CqzeoegVYBt8I1kg0MPUO/
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