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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the words was so tough you could say it was radioactive. By Eve Washington Josh Katz and Tom Giratikanon Note: If you plan to play Spelling Bee’s Past Puzzles from the last week, this ...

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Around 60% of words in spelling bees from 1996 to 2014 derived from Latin and French, about the same proportion as in English as a whole.

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.

There is no advantage in spelling the most often used words unalphabetically. Quite the opposite: the irregular spellings of common words like "to, you, your, very, many" are particularly noxious ...