Is Cursive Writing Becoming Extinct?

I heard recently that teachers won't be teaching cursive writing anymore.  I don't know if this is true or maybe it's in just some schools, but it's led to some interesting conversations in my family. With cyber-everythings, communication is a finger-touch away and writing letters is going the way of dinosaurs.

When was the last time you actually wrote a letter? Even a post card? And sent it through snail-mail? I sent some thank-you's recently but otherwise it's rare that I write a letter...