Cursive Writing Making Comeback to Georgia Classrooms

Elementary students in Georgia to begin cursive writing, 2025-2026 school year

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) will begin cursive handwriting instruction for students in grades 3-5 this upcoming fall.  To align with Georgia’s K-12 English Language Arts Standards, cursive writing will be introduced in the third grade and will continue to be practiced in the fourth and fifth grades.  The Georgia Dept. of Education says the goal is for students to read and write in cursive fluently and autom…

Could cursive be required in Pennsylvania schools? Rep. aims to do so with new bill

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) -- A Pennsylvania Representative announced plans to introduce legislation that would require cursive handwriting to be taught in schools across the Commonwealth.  In an increasingly digital world, cursive has fallen by the wayside," Rep. Dane Watro (R-Luzerne, Schuylkill) wrote in his newest memo. "However, there are compelling cognitive, developmental, and practical reasons for ensuring students have at least a basic grasp o…

Elementary students in Georgia to begin cursive writing lessons during 2025-2026 school year

The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) will begin cursive handwriting instruction for students in grades 3-5 this upcoming fall.

11Alive News: The Take | Georgia brings back cursive writing in schools (6/24/25)

Georgia schools will reintroduce cursive writing starting this fall—highlighting its benefits for speed, spelling, and cognitive development.

Cursive writing making comeback to Georgia classrooms

Georgia's updated English Language Arts standards will require cursive writing instruction for students in grades 3 through 5.

Georgia schools are about to loop cursive writing back into the classroom

The next generation of Georgia youths may be able to decipher those birthday cards from grandma without any help from a grown-up. That's because Georgia's new English language arts standards, which take effect in July, will include an emphasis on handwriting, and particularly . The standards will address handwriting starting in kindergarten and move to cursive in third through fifth grade. The previous standards did not have an explicit place fo…