My current school has been using Chromebooks for most academic instruction for years, but we are now significantly reducing the amount of screen time students receive in classes. (State-mandated assessments are computer-based though, and students have to use educational technology often enough to be comfortable for that.)

Just yesterday I challenged two kids who were asking me about cursive to learn it. We’ll see how that goes.

I have students write in cursive on their art papers. Honestly, I can't read most of it. But I can barely read my own cursive. I gave up on cursive in Jr. High and found that, years later, I had a hard time remembering how to even make the letters.

I don't think cursive is a life skill. I do still think we should teach kids to reach analog clocks though. You still see plenty of those!

Cursive is also beneficial for kids with dyslexia, particularly because the structure of cursive lettering has far fewer letters that can be commonly "reversed." 

We were mandated to teach cursive by our government a few years back. To be honest, I only make a half-assed attempt. There are just so many other deficits in these kids in 5th and 6th grade, it feels like I'm trying to put out a house fire with a garden hose. 

It made me sad to see - because she never made anything of herself, but I could see that she had an artistic side that she was never encouraged to tap into. I wish I took more notice while she was still alive, but it took me time to be detached from it to realize how special it was. I've been complimented on my own handwriting, and clearly I was influenced my her style, but still I can't hold a candle to it.