Imagine you’re a school administrator. You’ve heard for two decades that spelling books are antique and wasteful spending. You believe that they are the same rote memorization workbook pages of the ...

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.

Perhaps the fact that spelling was omitted from both Panel reports is the reason that spelling is likely not on your child’s state achievement test. It used to be tested nationally. And even though ...