Some parents give up helping their children with spelling long before they get to spelling bee words like "psychagogic" (attractive) or "fewtrils" (things of little value). That may be especially true ...

Seven-year-old Alayna Gifford and a few of her classmates were seated in a semicircle on the floor at Waterloo Elementary School. “OK, Alayna, your turn,” said teacher Staphanie Yonowitz, who is ...

In a recent article for The Telegraph, Sugata Mitra, professor of educational technology at Newcastle University, claimed that in today's technologically-advanced world that there was no place for ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Palm Harbor University High student says there needs to be critical thinking, context and right-track answers, not just rote memorization. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of ...

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 ...

Pressuring kids to memorise obscure, low frequency words does not promote good learning. from www.shutterstock.com.au Channel Ten’s newly announced show, The Great Australian Spelling Bee, may seem ...