Obviously you take a very liberal view of miseducation.
It leads to a nation in bondage.
Being a luddite terrified of old things becoming absolete is not a conservative value, fearful posturing of yourself and others not withstanding.
Language is an essential skill. Use of a particular rapidly fading method of preserving it rather than superior methods of preserving language, not so much.
People who can not conjugate their verbs properly or identify the subject of a sentence are noncompetitive in social interactions essential to their success. People who can’t write cursive are not.
If our company head asked for a report on business prospects in a new market and our sales rep sent back something in longhhand, it would be assumed he put no more work into the information compiled than he did the presentation. He just might wind up looking for a new job.
It is the epitomy of a nonessential skill.