CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Every November for the last six years, Joe Schmuecker has set up a mailbox in the emergency department of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Schmuecker, a ...

Studies find many elementary school teachers have had little-to-no preparation in how to effectively teach handwriting, and a University of Iowa special education professor has developed a free tool ...

The tradition of kids writing Santa dates to the 19th century. More images of St. Nicholas began to appear, helping the cause, so to speak. (Smithsonian Magazine has a deep dive into the history of ...

My friend’s church has initiated a novel Lenten practice, which is to write a letter every day in Lent and mail it: 40 letters in 40 days. The idea is to write something positive to someone important ...