Learning Recovery Stalls

Being able to read the most important document in the history of their culture IS NOT a waste of time.

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Being able to read it is not the same as wasting time teaching students to write that way. Print by hand provides all the necessary benefits. Although a few of my students have handwriting that is all but impossible to read anyway.
 
Being able to read it is not the same as wasting time teaching students to write that way. Print by hand provides all the necessary benefits. Although a few of my students have handwriting that is all but impossible to read anyway.
My cursive was never good. My dad printed everything in fairly large letters and was easy to read. No straining over goofy cursive letters. My mother wrote in beautiful cursive; however, it was still laborious for me to read. Except for the artistic, and personal, appeal of cursive there is no good reason to use it. I've never seen a book or article printed in cursive.
 
Mastery of cursive will become like that of calligraphy, used only as a speciality.

Master of pre-mid 19th century languages going back to ancient times will require that ability.
 
I'm old enough to say i've been subjected to Rinehart

big whoop, if our educational system focuses on the script, and not the content , it's one more nail in 'school choice'

~S~
 


Student recovery from pre-pandemic levels seems to have stalled out. The pandemic years set students back considerably, but it was hoped that they would have caught back up by now. I can tell you that this is true. Many individual students have caught up, or were able to keep up throughout Covid, but on average too many students are still not where they should be. The consequences of decisions made in response to Covid are likely to be felt for at least a generation.
Which was the intended effect of closing the schools
 
More homework, longer school days, school on Saturday, short but more frequent testing.
More interesting and involved classes would be awesome too with less emphasis on soul crushing rote memorization (except for math)
 
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