Are spelling tests really necessary? Not in the affluent Solon City Schools in Ohio where fifth graders are learning to spell second-grade level words! What if these were your children? Would you ...

Daniel Boone Elementary second graders spelled words they had never spelled before. During the school’s fifth annual second-grade spelling bee Wednesday, the judges ran out of words for children to ...

Sitting next to her mother while at the park, Judie ElAttar beamed. The second-grader at David Fairchild Elementary School was wearing a blue shirt with “Loves to spell” displayed boldly, two black ...

The Champion City Spelling Bee is about more than words. It’s about fun. “You may not think a spelling bee would be fun to watch, but we had some very vibrant personalities,” said Sophia Lopez, event ...

It's about a school district in northeastern Ohio that gave up spelling test ten years ago. The report praises the district's move away from spelling tests and a beaming literacy specialist brags ...