Jennifer Thompson said she will skip teaching her daughter how to spell two racial slurs listed on her first-grade spelling list. The parent of a student at H.H. Beam Elementary school in NC says her ...

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.

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.