Children are so heavily influenced by popular culture they can get David Beckham's name right but have little idea how to spell Shakespeare, a survey reveals. As for author Jane Austen ...
Some parents give up helping their children with spelling long before they get to spelling bee words like "psychagogic" (attractive) or "fewtrils" (things of little value). That may be especially ...
A record number of eight children have been crowned co-champions in the US of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. On Thursday night the finalists, aged 12 to 14, spelled their way through 20 tough ...