When Melissa Swecker reads the writing of elementary school students, she knows which areas will be among the biggest problems — spelling and handwriting. “We lost spelling and handwriting when the ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is here, representing one of the most vigorous - and prestigious - academic competitions in America. Unsurprisingly, a competition as renowned as the national ...

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 ...