The recent article by Chronicle reporter Ericka Mellon about how schools are dropping weekly spelling tests in favor of teaching methods that focus less on memorization and more on understanding why ...

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 ...

Faizan Zaki, age 13, spelled the word “eclaircissement” and collapsed on the floor in victory as confetti showered him at the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee last week. The annual competition took ...

Teachers often report the dilemma of children scoring 100 percent correct on a Friday spelling test but misspelling the same words the following week in their writing. Cognitive psychology has given ...

3. Spelling books enable your child’s teacher to monitor your child’s spelling growth. 4. Spelling is as important for reading proficiency as it is for writing 5. Spelling, or encoding, requires ...

Are you smarter than a spelling bee contestant? If you can spell these words, you might be. Merriam-Webster has announced the hardest words to spell in the English language ahead of the 92nd annual ...