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Fourth-grade teacher Joe Dombrowski pulled off his April Fool’s Day prank a few days early this year, and the internet can’t get enough of it. Students at Royal Oak Elementary School in Michigan ...

An age-old staple of elementary school — the weekly spelling test — is disappearing from some classrooms. Causing confusion among parents, a growing number of schools are ditching tradition for a ...

A new "encrypted spelling test" on Playbuzz is stumping the internet. The quiz replaces letters with numbers and challenges people to choose the correct spelling of words. There are no trick questions ...

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 ...

Recently, we gave you a really challenging quiz. Go take it if you dare, but brace yourself -- it’s tough: An adult spelling quiz: 5 of the hardest words in the English language Recommended Videos ...

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.

English spelling is hard and needs to be taught explicitly, but most American schools fail miserably to teach children to spell. Kids who can't spell often do not read and write with proficiency ...

Fourth grade teacher Joe Dombrowski at Oakland Elementary School in Royal Oak, Mich., had a kick fooling his students with a bizarre spelling test for an early April Fools’ prank on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON – Ties are back at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. To the relief of many participants, bee organizers have gotten rid of the written test spellers took just in case a single champion ...