Starting this fall, Iowa's public schools are once again required to teach cursive.
On this episode of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe speaks with education experts about how handwriting is linked with literacy.
Handwriting isn’t just a link to literacy. It’s also a link to the past. Alison Bazylinski of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum discusses what we can learn from handwritten letters, and artist and poet Akwi Nji discusses the emotional power of handwriting.
Guests:
- Shawn Datchuk, director of the Iowa Reading Research Center
- Leah Zimmermann, Clinical Assistant Professor of Special Education and Research Fellow, Iowa Reading Research Center
- Alison Bazylinski, curator Smithsonian National Postal Museum
- Akwi Nji, poet and artist
