Cleveland gives a considerably larger proportion of time to
handwriting than the average of the 50 cities.
TABLE 5.--TIME GIVEN TO HANDWRITING
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| Hours per year | Per cent of grade time
|-----------------------|------------------------
Grade | Cleveland | 50 cities | Cleveland | 50 cities
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1 | 47 | 50 | 6.5 | 6.7
2 | 63 | 60 | 7.2 | 6.7
3 | 63 | 52 | 7.2 | 5.7
4 | 63 | 53 | 7.2 | 5.5
5 | 67 | 50 | 6.4 | 5.1
6 | 47 | 47 | 5.4 | 4.8
7 | 47 | 39 | 5.4 | 3.9
8 | 32 | 37 | 3.6 | 3.7
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Total | 419 | 388 | 6.1 | 5.1
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The curriculum of handwriting resolves itself mainly into questions of
method, and of standards to be achieved in each of the grades. These
matters are treated intensively in the section of the survey report
entitled "Measuring the Work of the Public Schools."