The Scripps National Spelling Bee is here, representing one of the most vigorous - and prestigious - academic competitions in America. Unsurprisingly, a competition as renowned as the national ...

In this educational film, a student named Tom struggles with spelling words for a school report on a science experiment involving soda and vinegar. With the help of his teacher and classmates, he ...

Children must be able to read words like “a,” “and,” “not,” “now,” and “come,” said Kari Kurto, the national science of reading project director at the Reading League, an ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee introduces the U.S. to a host of weird and wonderful words. Here are some of our favorites to slip into your next conversation.

Reading professor Amy Murdoch says she’s seen schools “plop in” phonological-awareness programs that are disconnected to the other important elements of early literacy like spelling and writing.

How the brain deciphers words can explain a lot about why humans are able to pick up patterns and read words even when vowels are missing.

As reading scores and textbook funding for spelling plummet in Texas science says spelling knowledge builds the reading brain. Read about the Houston Chronicle's investigation.

Vedanth Raju, who attends Aurora Quest K-8, won at the Denver Metro Regional Science and Engineering Fair and The Denver Post Colorado State Spelling Bee, all in the same week.

Here & Now revisits one of the show’s favorite topics: mispronounced words. It turns out we all do it — sometimes spending years or decades convinced we’re saying a word correctly until we ...

From a pool of more than half a million Arizona students, 28 finalists took the stage at the Madison Center for the Arts in Phoenix on Saturday, successfully spelling words like "boiserie ...

A research team has developed an artificial intelligence-powered ring equipped with micro-sonar technology that can continuously and in real time track finger-spelling in American Sign Language (ASL).