With new literacy curriculum, 91% of kindergarten students performed at or above grade level at the end of the 2024-25 school ...

In the years since 11-year-old Frank Neuhauser correctly spelled gladiolus (a type of flower) during the first National Spelling Bee on June 17, 1925, the tournament has blossomed into a much ...

Evelyn Juarez was the first-ever winner of the National Spanish Spelling Bee, and today she continues to use her bilingual ...

Sriram, a Spelling Bee veteran, mused that "The competition was against the dictionary, not against each other," adding, "I'm happy to share this trophy with him." Ansun, who has only competed in ...

First Grade Teacher Under Fire For ‘Accidentally’ Sending Home Spelling List With The ‘N-Word’ On It However, the outraged parents don't want for her to be fired, they just want an apology ...

The first-grade classes of Schuyler Avenue, Wyoming Valley West School District, Kingston, held its annual Spelling Bee with a total of 291- words to be spelled. First grade student, Madisen ...

After observing his brothers, Dominick and Donavan Hodge, become winners in the second grade Christian Spelling Bee competition in March, Delwin Hodge went home and went to work preparing for ...

The 84th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee is under way, near Washington, D.C. Linguist Ben Zimmer explains what makes some words difficult to spell — and how the contestants learn to conquer ...

Young spellers faced off Saturday for b-r-a-g-g-i-n-g rights. It was was the first district-wide spelling bee; the R.E.A.C.H. Foundation organized the competition with the Kumon Center in Placentia.