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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 ...

A teen has shared their frustration after receiving two fail marks on what seemed to be a straightforward English spelling test. The marks, attributed to a misheard word and a perplexing grading ...

Spelling tests aren't fun, and most kids dread the moment their teachers start reciting the words they were supposed to be studying for weeks. If you were a decent speller growing up, maybe you never ...

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, ...

A survey of 480 people about the literacy skills of the nation's teachers found half thought the quality was poor. More than 40 per cent had noticed spelling or grammatical errors on letters sent home ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...