Nowadays many of the schools are not teaching cursive, either. Written communication not displayed in printed text (like Grandma’s old letters from Grandpa and the original written Constitution) will be “lost” to their comprehension. They’ll be at the mercy of their computers and iPhones (and the government) for information.
I am a high school teacher, of 26 years, in an urban area. The problem...no one fails. If you fail any student, you better have your ducks in a row, and in most cases, after the teacher is called on the carpet, the student mysteriously passes anyway, grade is magically changed, (guidance counselors, deans, administrators, etc.) No one fails, thus no one learns. Well, not really, but the feral type use school much like a shopping mall, a place to eat, socialize, play games, disrupt the public, create havoc, plan a party, have sex, do drugs, sleep, steal, and then use public transport to get back home.