The earliest known copy of the poem in Francis Scott Key's own handwriting is housed at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore.

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In this age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out.

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Steve Graham says he has been hearing about the death of handwriting for the past fifteen years.

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We talked to education experts about teaching handwriting, choosing a college, and publishing research in medical journals.

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Some people might think handwriting is not important anymore because of computers and voice recognition programs.

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Professor Graham says one study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting.

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Ninety percent of teachers also say they are required to teach handwriting.

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Teachers commonly report that about one-fourth of their kids have poor handwriting.

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Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself.

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Do American children still learn handwriting in school?

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Professor Graham says handwriting involves two skills.

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"And then when you look at how it's taught, you have some teachers who are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for ten,fifteen minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for sixty to seventy minutes a day which really for handwriting is pretty much death."

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