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

But I wanted to know if people still use cursive at all. I asked the people I interviewed to write 'Good Morning Detroit' in cursive, and pretty much everyone passed with an A.

Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In Louisiana, cursive is legally required to be taught in public schools.

Context In the past 20 years, whether schools should teach cursive writing has been frequently debated: In the mid-2000s and 2010s, cursive writing was largely discontinued in favor of typing skills.

I love that loop." During a recent visit to the school library, Keller said one student grew animated upon seeing an image of the U.S. Constitution, written in 1787, remarking, "It's cursive!" ...

Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In Louisiana, cursive is legally required to be taught in public schools.

Regardless of how the students felt about learning cursive, all of their opinions were in fact, written in cursive. So they did actually learn something whether they realize it or not.

Based on my ability to write in cursive, I may be older than some of you. And some of you might not even know what cursive is or how it’s different from the art form calligraphy.