An age-old staple of elementary school — the weekly spelling test — is disappearing from some classrooms. Causing confusion among parents, a growing number of schools are ditching tradition for a ...

A teen has shared their frustration after receiving two fail marks on what seemed to be a straightforward English spelling test. The marks, attributed to a misheard word and a perplexing grading ...

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 ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Penn Manor School District will be implementing a new way of teaching students how to spell. Instead of the traditional spelling test where the words are given on Monday and ...

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 ...

Vocabulary will count for 50%25 of a speller%27s overall score A %22significant change%22 in the Bee%27s 86-year history The 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee takes place May 28 to 30 in Oxon Hill%2C ...

To bee, or not to bee, has now become a tougher question to answer -- even for whiz kid spellers. The Scripps National Spelling Bee has announced that it is changing the format of its annual ...

On-wee. A feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom. On-wee. I knew this one! In fact, I knew a lot of the 100 words that Annette Heffelfinger was ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee will kick off on May 28 as 245 spellers descend on National Harbor, Maryland, for four days of competition. Ahead of the event, a word selection panel gathers to ...

A new "encrypted spelling test" on Playbuzz is stumping the internet. The quiz replaces letters with numbers and challenges people to choose the correct spelling of words. There are no trick questions ...

JACKSON, MI – Twisha Shetty isn’t like many other past spelling bee winners – she doesn’t know which word made her a champion. The Paragon Charter Academy seventh-grader won the 2021 MLive/Jackson ...