LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Penn Manor School District will be implementing a new way of teaching students how to spell. Instead of the traditional spelling test where the words are given on Monday and ...

ASKED WHY? THE PENN MANOR SCHOOL DISTRICT RECENTLY ANNOUNCED TRADITION SPELLING TESTS WILL SOON BE A THING OF THE PAST. PROBABLY WHAT A LOT OF US REMEMBER. SO PRETEST PRACTICE THE WORDS ALL WEEK.

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This month, I went to school for parent-teacher conferences. My second-grader’s self-evaluation form listed several categories: “I follow directions,” “I understand math,” “I like to read,” and one we ...

This month, I went to school for parent-teacher conferences. My second-grader’s self-evaluation form listed several categories: “I follow directions,” “I understand math,” “I like to read,” and one we ...

This year’s back to school night was a nightmare and “No spelling test!” was the tip of the iceberg. When administrators at back-to-school night said “spelling is not important enough to be tested"; ...

ROYAL OAK, Michigan (WPVI) -- 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 ...

Parents. Traditionalists. Many people, angry at the University of North Carolina because the journalism school there will no longer test on spelling. Since students all use spell check now, the theory ...

Are spelling tests really necessary? Not in the affluent Solon City Schools in Ohio where fifth graders are learning to spell second-grade level words! What if these were your children? Would you ...

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 ...