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 ...

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 ...

A new "encrypted spelling test" that replaces letters with numbers is stumping the internet. There are no trick questions, but it might make your brain hurt a little.

Education reporter Kim Wheeler's Chanel 3 NBC Cleveland news report should make every parent cringe. It's about a school district in northeastern Ohio that gave up spelling test ten years ago. The ...