In the day and age that we live in, proper English spelling and grammar seem to have taken a backseat for students. With internet lingo and texting ruling the hearts and minds of youngsters, learning ...

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, ...

Johnny in Topeka can’t read, but Janne in Helsinki is effortlessly finishing his storybooks. Such a disparity may be expected by now, but the reason might come as a surprise: It probably has much less ...

Annals of Dyslexia, Vol. 37 (1987), pp. 90-108 (19 pages) Currently popular systems for classification of spelling words or errors emphasize the learning of phoneme-grapheme correspondences and ...

BROCKTON — Jamilson Carvalho stood at the microphone, spelled his word correctly, then excitedly lifted his arms in victory as he was crowned a spelling champion. The 34th annual Citywide Spelling Bee ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of Isabel Koran. Following on the heels of the wildly popular, ESPN-broadcast Scripps National Spelling Bee—which had co-champions for ...