A bill to require students in Wisconsin public schools to learn cursive writing has stalled in the state Senate.
The measure passed the Assembly more than a year ago. A group of lawmakers is pushing the idea of requiring all Wisconsin students to learn cursive before the fifth grade. District 14 Senator Joan Ballweg is a former teacher who thinks cursive writing “gives great value to students.”
Many school districts have done away with it, but the Madison Metropolitan School District teaches cursive to students in the second and third grades. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction doesn’t require it, but does recommend cursive writing for schools.
