News Summary

• In 2010 Common Core State Standards removed handwriting requirements in favor of keyboarding and digital literacy.
• Ponder the lost opportunity for a child to exult in his ability to tie his shoes by himself.
• Children are rarely, if ever, given weekly vocabulary lists to study and be quizzed on.
• Their ability to speak and write well is impeded simply because their vocabulary base never truly expands.
• They don’t have the opportunity to comprehend the nuance of language because the computer fills in the answers.