English spelling is hard and needs to be taught explicitly, but most American schools fail miserably to teach children to spell. Kids who can't spell often do not read and write with proficiency ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aisha Randhawa had no idea that the assembly Friday morning at Garretson Elementary in Corona was for her. “Today I would like to recognize a student who loves to learn and who is a true scholar,” ...

Fourth grade teacher Joe Dombrowski at Oakland Elementary School in Royal Oak, Mich., had a kick fooling his students with a bizarre spelling test for an early April Fools’ prank on Wednesday.

ROYAL OAK, MI - Newly famous for testing his students on a series of impossible, made-up spelling words, a Royal Oak teacher was given a chance this week to assess his own skills. But before he ...