IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Third graders in Iowa will begin their second year of cursive handwriting education this school year due to a June 2024 change to the state education board’s requirements.
In 2010, the introduction of Common Core curriculum standards ended required cursive handwriting education in many states, including Iowa.
For some children, that meant an end to being able to read birthday cards from grandparents, writing their own signature and understanding historical documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution…