Back to school: Back to cursive in the classroom under Iowa Education standards [Video]

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) – Cursive is back in Iowa schools.

The ability to read and write cursive has been fading from American society.

“You just don’t see very many people using cursive because a lot of people are not writing checks anymore,” said Tina Brennan, one of Sioux City Community School District’s consulting teachers.

It’s often referred to as a lost skill, taught in grade school during older generations’ time in the classroom.

Brennan recalled her time learning as a student, “I learned cursive from my third-grade teacher. She had beautiful cursive writing, and I just enjoyed that. I favor cursive more.”

In 2010, the United States government removed cursive from the required Common Core Standards for Kindergarten through 12th grade education.

Amy Denney, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment said, “A lot of people in my generation remember learning cursive, and in younger generations, it hasn’t been a part …