Spelling bees and dodge ball, I was the first one out. I like to blame both ineptitudes on the lateralization of brain function, the left-brain / right-brain thing. I am left-handed. Everyone knows ...

My name is fairly common but the spelling isn't what you'd expect. It's always caused issues for me. I decided to give my kids names that are nearly impossible to misspell. My name is Bethaney. Not ...

Do you ever go through little periods of time when you’re just not feeling yourself? Days seem to drag on, creative blocks are in full effect, and you’re just a little crabbier than usual? I noticed ...

Snehaa Ganesh Kumar, an 8th grader from Folsom Middle School, won the California Central Valley Spelling Bee in March 2016 and went to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Lezlie Sterling Sacramento Bee ...

I got an email recently from a reader whose spell-checker flagged the word “uninvolved” as an error. I’m not sure what software she was using. My Microsoft Word ...

The author, poet and playwright on why we should move away from Michael Gove-mandated lessons on fronted adverbials and back to unleashing the creative potential of children I didn’t love reading at ...