Author Gabe Henry discussed why he thinks that spelling in the English language is "absurd." He spoke at the Planet Word Museum in Washington, D.C.

By any measure, Shruthika Padhy is one of the most accomplished spellers in this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee. And for spellers who are nervous or less experienced, she offers a master ...

Southern Word and Urban Word NYC are two examples of nonprofit organizations that bring spoken word into the classroom, providing in-school poetry workshops, primarily to youths of color.

To highlight athletes poor use of grammar and spelling on Twitter, a second-grade class at Elmwood Franklin School in New York got to practice their English skills by correcting tweets from some ...

Educators know then spelling must go further. There is the need to teach more rules about some word formations, but there will always be some words that students just have to memorize.

Six of the students were from teacher Sue Lawler’s English, reading and spelling class at Palos West. Classmate Mike Bruno, 9, of Palos Park, finished third and Susan Szakonyi, 8, of Palos Park ...