by Brooke Rayford, Benji Cohen and Haydee Clotter | May 25, 2016 | Education, Topics
Chicago native and Northwestern Alumnus, Randy Waterford, brought his family and daughter Ameera all the way from Hawaii to participate in the 2016 Scripps Spelling Bee. And Alette Eide, a Chicago area participant, speaks about her experience in the...
by Emiliana Molina and Kristen Vake | May 25, 2016 | Education
Washington– Medill Reporters are live from the National Spelling Bee and they take on the “running man challenge” with Spelling Bee participants. More than 11 million students participate in spelling bee’s across the nation, but only 285...
by Marisa Endicott | May 25, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Two New York City boys are among 285 elite spellers — emerging from a talent pool of more than 11 million kids — who have made it all the way to the final rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Cerulean Ozarow, 13, of Brooklyn, and Srinath...
by Meggie Morris | May 25, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Following in the footsteps of other talented Midwestern spellers, students from the Kansas City area are in the nation’s capital this week to compete at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee. While most spellers say they are nervous to...
by Kristen Vake | May 9, 2016 | Education, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — More than 50 teachers from across the country were honored at the White House. Each of the educators has been nominated “Teacher of the Year” in their home state or territory. Amy Hewett-Olatunde, a teacher at LEAP High School in St....
by Yunfei Zhao | May 5, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON – A Washington state teacher had the thrilling experience of meeting with two presidents, President Barack Obama, and the president of China Xi Jinping. Nathan Bowling advocates for diversity in teaching and a higher standard of education.
