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 ...

Is learning how to properly spell words necessary for children anymore? One professor says no. Sugata Mitra, a professor and acclaimed educational researcher told the British education magazine TES ...

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 ...

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

Spawned by the marketing divisions of big corporations, reading book companies have convinced some state school boards, superintendents, supervisors, principals, and other decision makers that they ...

Want a spelling be champion in your family? Then use these tips to help your child learn to spell with the best of them. There is a certain electric magic that comes with the National Spelling Bee. It ...

Readin’ and writin’ and ‘rithmetic, the old school thought of— school. My how times have changed! Understanding the progression of education certainly cannot be explained in one little article. But, ...

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 ...

Encouraging kindergartners’ attempts to spell unknown words on their own can help them become better readers, according to a recent study by two Canadian researchers. Gene Ouellette, an associate ...

Some of the brightest young minds just finished showcasing their knowledge of the English language. While most might never reach their level of expertise, we wanted to know: Why do we struggle to ...

She’s checking to make sure the students are reading the word and not just using context clues to guess. That’s critical to making sure students can begin to read fluently; they’ll always run into ...