Do your students ask you how to spell “because” three times a week, even though it’s on the word wall? It might be time to dust off those dictionary skills. And yes, I included the answer keys with ...

The WritersBLOCK / ReadersBLOCK project in Hobart is a reminder of the importance of stories, and the benefits of making time ...

Free literacy tests aim to catch reading struggles early and connect families with help before kids fall behind.

July 1 is making waves with its tricky twist. Puzzle #1473 stumped many players as the word isn’t a common guess but describes spoiled or decayed food. Starting with M and containing only one vowel ...

Merriam-Webster tracks the words that enter our language. Find out which debuted each year from 1950-2010 in this new words of the year list.

I read the world’s longest book with 1.3m words - it changed my way of thinking I read the world's longest book and it's 1.3 million words long.

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Our brains swear for good reasons: to vent, cope, boost our grit and feel closer to those around us. Swear words can act as social glue and play meaningful roles in how people communicate, connect ...

Students sitting this morning’s higher-level French paper were tested more than usual by tricky vocabulary and grammar questions in the second comprehension question, teachers have said.

Detectives are investigating the death of a 25-year-old woman found dead in the backyard of a residence in the 2400 block of West 80th Street early Tuesday. Inside the home, a boy was also found dead.

A Louisiana dad has been arrested for second-degree murder after he allegedly left his 1-year-old daughter in a hot car for over nine hours, authorities said.