State spelling bee organizers had to scramble Friday afternoon to change word lists and books after an online leak earlier in the week. Paige Kimble, director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, ...

This year’s back to school night was a nightmare and “No spelling test!” was the tip of the iceberg. When administrators at back-to-school night said “spelling is not important enough to be tested"; ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- A written vocabulary test eliminated Arkansas' spelling champion Jackson Parker from continuing on to the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee today. Jackson, 14, an ...

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Fourth grade teacher Joe Dombrowski at Oakland Elementary School in Royal Oak, Mich., had a kick fooling his students with a bizarre spelling test for an early April Fools’ prank on Wednesday.