The statewide shift means students across Georgia will now practice cursive as part of their regular coursework.

The state guidance packet also said that it’s encouraging school districts to establish a uniform cursive writing style or method to use in 3rd to 5th grade, and that it should be coordinated ...

McKnight said cursive could be incorporated during writing or spelling lessons beginning in third grade. “You don’t have to have this as a stand-alone subject,” McKnight said.

That is, cursive handwriting helps coordinate the right side of the brain, or visual side, with the left side, otherwise known as the verbal side, of the brain. DAVID SORTINO BY DAVID SORTINO ...

According to the packet, cursive writing lessons in third grade will introduce students to reading and writing in the different letter style, while in fourth and fifth grade, students will work to ...