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Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes

How to Ruin the Scripps Spelling Bee in Four Letters: E-S-P-N

by Krista Stevens May 31, 2018October 19, 2022

At the Scripps Spelling Bee, no one asks for whom the bell tolls. It’s glaringly, if painfully obvious.

Posted inArts & Culture, Quotes

Why Do Indian-American Kids Do So Well in Spelling Bees?

by Pam Mandel June 6, 2017October 19, 2022

“Wipeouts, showmanship, incredible feats of talent.” Nope, not surfing or football — this is the world of competitive spelling.

Posted inHistory

The Word Is ‘Nemesis’: The Fight to Integrate the National Spelling Bee

by cgreend June 5, 2017October 19, 2022

For talented black spellers in the 1960s, the segregated local spelling bee was the beginning and the end of the long road to Washington, D.C.

Posted inHistory, Story

The Word Is ‘Nemesis’: The Fight to Integrate the National Spelling Bee

by cgreend June 5, 2017October 19, 2022

For talented black spellers in the 1960s, the segregated local spelling bee was the beginning and the end of the long road to Washington, D.C.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Spelling Skills and the Meaning of the American Dream

by juliawick June 4, 2015October 19, 2022

In 1931, the historian James Truslow Adams defined the American Dream as “a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable.” His book, The Epic of America, may have popularized the term, but the dream dates back at least to […]

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