Full disclosure: I didn't make it past the first round of my third-grade spelling bee. Oh, sure, I had my revenge. I was school champion of the sixth-grade geography bee and got knocked out at the ...

Deroy Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News contributor and a contributing editor with The American Spectator. The team behind the Scripps National Spelling Bee whacked a hornet’s nest when it ...

All computers come with spellcheckers and iPhones autocorrect their users’ texts. But despite those everyday features, formal spelling instruction still pays off, the findings of a new study suggest.