Georgia classrooms reintroduce cursive writing for students from third to fifth grade, making it part of assessed coursework.

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.

Lawmakers in state after state – particularly in the South – are carving out space in teachers’ classroom time to keep the graceful loops of cursive writing alive for the next generation.

Jan. 24, 2011 -- The handwriting may be on the wall for cursive. At least that's what some people fear as schools across the country continue to drop cursive handwriting from their curricula.