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.

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, June 25 (UPI) --A 6-year-old kindergarten student who spells at a seventh-grade level was able to win a spelling bee at his elementary school in Utah's Jordan School district.

We have developed an evidence based intervention called Fingerspelling Our Way to Reading, that is specifically designed for deaf and hard of hearing students from kindergarten through second grade.

Spelling can be a tricky business. But it's not just child's play - adults have problems too. BBC One's Hard Spell, in which children compete to see whose spelling is best, may have reminded many ...