<Ul> <Li> Since media and technology are intertwined with every student's life and in school in the 21st century, skills related to media use, which includes the analysis and production of various forms of media, are also included in these standards . </Li> <Li> The standards include instruction in keyboarding, but do not mandate the teaching of cursive handwriting . As of late 2013, seven states had elected to maintain teaching of cursive: California, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Utah . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Since media and technology are intertwined with every student's life and in school in the 21st century, skills related to media use, which includes the analysis and production of various forms of media, are also included in these standards . </Li> <Li> The standards include instruction in keyboarding, but do not mandate the teaching of cursive handwriting . As of late 2013, seven states had elected to maintain teaching of cursive: California, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Utah . </Li> <P> The stated goal of the mathematics standards is to achieve greater focus and coherence in the curriculum . This is largely in response to the criticism that American mathematics curricula are "a mile wide and an inch deep". </P>

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