Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. In addition to our traditional advice, every Thursday we feature an assortment of teachers from across the country answering your education ...

No longer do students bring home that list of words every Monday to memorize for a test Friday as did their parents, grandparents and even older brothers and sisters. The words are still spelled the ...

and spelling, which used to count, doesn't count as much as it used to. And hardly any of the 7,000 English teachers in San Francisco for their big convention this week can spell "Schwarzenegger." "I ...

ROYAL OAK, Michigan -- April Fools' Day is a day to play practical jokes on your friends and loved ones. Since April 1 falls on a Saturday this year, one fourth-grade teacher decided to prank his ...

TEACHERS are filling lessons and report cards with errors, including SMS-style spelling, grammatical mistakes and misspelt spelling lists. A survey of 480 people about the literacy skills of the ...

FROM ‘Mississippi’ to ‘accommodation’, almost everyone has at least one word that try as they might, they can never remember how to spell. It can be frustrating, and at times it can make us feel ...

A parent has gained viral attention after sharing a confusing spelling correction on their child's homework. In a post on Reddit's r/pics user Edawg661 shared a snapshot of their child's work sheet, ...