Chandler acknowledges that little or non-existent spelling instruction puts children with an existing or emerging learning ...

Consistently poor spelling can indicate that a child has dyslexia or another related learning challenge. If that's masked by ...

Anyone in the annual national spelling bee will get these words right, but plenty of mere mortals definitely don’t. Anyone in the annual national spelling bee will get these words right, but plenty of ...

Are spelling tests really necessary? Not in the affluent Solon City Schools in Ohio where fifth graders are learning to spell second-grade level words! What if these were your children? Would you ...

As the fierce yet fun 95th Scripps National Spelling Bee heads into its final round Thursday, the importance and value of spelling take center stage. Does being an excellent speller correlate with ...

This month, I went to school for parent-teacher conferences. My second-grader’s self-evaluation form listed several categories: “I follow directions,” “I understand math,” “I like to read,” and one we ...

Well, you can now — since I spelled them correctly. But could you beforehand? If so, you’d better sign up for the National Spelling Bee for Adults and Kids, which will take place on Sunday, March 9, ...

The dreaded weekly spelling test is causing serious self-esteem issues for pupils across the country. For what purpose, asks Dan ...

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Once upon a time, I was asked at the place where I work part time to create a pronunciation guide to some common words.