The skills developed in learning to spell and through participating in spelling bees can build camaraderie between students and teachers, said Montana. Plus, it’s accessible.

Abilene school children can say goodbye to Friday spelling tests — the kind that once had them writing “cat” ten times at the kitchen table. District leaders say that practice is on its way out, ...

The “science of reading” is a body of knowledge referring to how students learn to sound out words, learn vocabulary, and read increasingly sophisticated texts. More teachers are being ...