No longer do students bring home that list of words every Monday to memorize for a test Friday as did their parents, grandparents and even older brothers and sisters. The words are still spelled the ...

At Lacy Elementary School, kindergarten teacher Michelle Pritchard points her students toward a drawing of a rodent with the letters “a” and “t” above it. The first letter is missing. She asks them ...

Reading instruction in America seems to have lost sight of the crucial role of teaching English spelling for reading and writing. Here are four reasons why the brain needs spelling: 1. English ...

The teaching of English to speakers of other languages has, in recent years, rightly given emphasis to the student's mastery of the sound system of the language. In contrast, English orthography is ...

EdSource · California high schoolers get a crash course in finance Controversies over how best to teach children to read go back many years. Most recently, two questions have emerged that leave ...

Positioned as showdowns, smack-downs or friendly competitions, spelling bees have a long and storied past in the United States. The earliest spelling contest on record dates back to 1808 and was ...

Johnny in Topeka can’t read, but Janne in Helsinki is effortlessly finishing his storybooks. Such a disparity may be expected by now, but the reason might come as a surprise: It probably has much less ...

When it comes to compelling TV, it’s really hard to beat a combination of adorable kids and white knuckle competition. Which is one great reason to tune into the Scripps National Spelling Bee today.