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 ...

A third-grade spelling curriculum is where students learn to spell short-e words such as spend (not spind), and blends and digraphs such as str- and tch-, respectively, in the third-grade level word ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee has drawn attention after its approved list of study words for third-graders looking to compete in the upcoming spelling competition was shared online. Study lists ...

School board members, superintendents, curriculum supervisors, and principals don’t seem to understand twenty-first century revelations from cognitive psychology and neuroscience on the importance of ...

OCEAN CITY – The winning word was “empower,” and the winning speller was Addison Burns. Burns, along with second and third place winners Evan Merritt and Judah Silverman, were honored by the Ocean ...

It’s one of the most important business lessons I’ve ever learned. And it happened at the third grade spelling bee. I was painfully shy, but excited to stand and spell with my third grade classmates.

The pressure is so great, and the stakes so high, that one contestant fainted at the mere utterance of the word “alopecoid.” He fell headfirst to the unforgiving stage floor, only to stand up, unaided ...

The annual Scripps National Spelling Bee is more mysterious than you might think. While the event has grown in renown and fandom over its 90-year history, there's still little known about how National ...

Think you're smarter than a third grader? Well, it's time to put that to the test — but you might be surprised by the outcome because, according to the creator of this quiz , most adults are unable to ...