The phases provide milestones to guide instruction from preschool to grade two reading proficiency.

“Grammatical and spelling rules were established much later.” But it was common to discard and repurpose old medieval manuscripts by the end of the 16th century as printing became popular and ...

Another rule change has already proven popular among the spelling community: the return of a written test during the preliminary rounds. Spellers who spell one word correctly and get one multiple ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be so quick to force spellers into a lightning-round tiebreaker to decide a champion this year, a shift that follows criticism of the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee won't be so quick to force spellers into a lightning-round tiebreaker to decide a champion this year, a shift that follows criticism of the abrupt ...