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.

Spelling lists. Spelling tests. Spelling bees. Adults of a certain age who remember anything about elementary school likely recall spelling as central to their literacy instruction. That’s not ...

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...

3. Spelling books enable your child’s teacher to monitor your child’s spelling growth. 4. Spelling is as important for reading proficiency as it is for writing 5. Spelling, or encoding, requires ...

School board members, superintendents, curriculum supervisors, and principals don’t seem to understand twenty-first century revelations from cognitive psychology and neuroscience on the importance of ...