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 ...

Adult actors play fierce middle-school spellers in a wonderful revival of William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin’s musical.

Presiding over the spelling bee are the characters of Rona Lisa Peretti (Lilli Cooper) and Vice Principal Douglas Panch ...

Director Danny Mefford said the show is a Trojan Horse that appears silly but uncovers "deep things about human nature." ...

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 ...

Academics have found that there’s a strong link between the spelling abilities of 5-year-old children and their later ...

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 ...

On his birthday this week, I asked my husband, Lee, how he felt about being 38. As the corners of his mouth turned up in an ...

The recently extended Off-Broadway production of the cult-hit musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, is now ...

Parents, teachers and students looking for a little bit of extra help on building elementary-level reading skills will now ...

Author Dan Batchelor believes spelling tests put unnecessary pressure on young children before they get the chance to enjoy ...