Starting in the 2025-2026 school year, third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students will be instructed to read and write cursive.

Easy-to-learn cursive styles, such as Zaner-Bloser and D’Nealian, are recommended. The department argues that handwriting plays a “crucial role” in language development, literacy and learning in ...

Each school is encouraged to establish a uniform cursive writing style or method. The packet gives details on the commonly-used Zaner-Bloser and D'Nealian styles, but there are other styles to ...

Each school is encouraged to establish a uniform cursive writing style or method. The packet gives details on the commonly-used Zaner-Bloser and D'Nealian styles, but there are other styles to ...

Each school is encouraged to establish a uniform cursive writing style or method. The packet gives details on the commonly-used Zaner-Bloser and D'Nealian styles, but there are other styles to ...

The Georgia Department of Education is bringing back cursive writing instruction to public elementary schools for the 2025-26 school year.

GaDOE suggested schools adopt a consistent writing style, like Zaner-Bloser and D’Nealian. They say this approach should coordinate with the print handwriting style used in grades K-2 to ensure a ...

As part of their guidance for a universal style, GaDOE provided examples of two types of cursive writing, the Zaner-Bloser and D’Nealian styles.