The Jefferson Parish Library will hold its seventh annual spelling bee for adults at 7 p.m. June 19 at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. Adults 18 years of age and older ...

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 ...

Are spelling tests really necessary? Not in the affluent Solon City Schools in Ohio where fifth graders are learning to spell second-grade level words! What if these were your children? Would you ...