Article: Educators warn of negative effects of not teaching cursive in schools

Your thoughts on this article?

Educators warn of negative effects of not teaching cursive in schools
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/08/educators-warn-of-negative-effects-of-not-teaching-cursive-in-schools/

and I wonder what Dr. J. Richard Gentry thinks?

Some studies have found that writing by hand is better for learning than typing. Since writing in cursive is typically faster, it’s possible that it is even more beneficial than printing for learning.

This is an interesting blog post:
http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/cursive-vs-printing-is-one-better-than-the-other.html