Education Minister Stephen Lecce says cursive writing will return as mandatory curriculum this September.
In 2006, cursive writing was downgraded and became an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools.
Lecce says research has been clear that cursive writing is a critical life skill in helping young people to express more substantively, to think more critically, and ultimately, to express more authentically.
Ontario’s new language curriculum, set to be in place for the new school year, introduces a host of changes, including a renewed focus on phonics.
Many of the curriculum additions can be traced back to a report last year from the Ontario Human Rights Commission, which says the province’s public education system was failing students with reading disabilities and others by not using evidence-based approaches.
With files from the Canadian Press
