by Beth Lawrence | Jun 10, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON – With many presidential candidates pushing the idea of debt-free college to the forefront of a national debate, a quieter conversation is taking place in the background: what to do for those who are already deep in student loan debt. At an announcement...
by Beth Lawrence | Jun 2, 2015 | Education
Vanya Shivashankar, a a favorite for the spelling bee title, has won the national spelling bee. However, the judges ran out of words on their championship word list, so the five-time competitor has to share her title with a co-champion, Gokul Venkatachalam. Published...
by Mary Lee | Jun 1, 2015 | Education
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by Zachary Vasile | Jun 1, 2015 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Charlotte native Akshra Paimagam tied for 39th place at the Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals Thursday, a bittersweet but ultimately satisfying end to a spectacular run by the Randolph Middle School sixth-grader. Her finishing place puts...
by Yanqing Chen | Jun 1, 2015 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Michelle Yakubek of Bedford missed the cut for the final round Thursday at the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee when she spelled phylephebic incorrectly. “I never practiced the word phylephebic before,” said Yakubek after the last round...
by Michaela Meaney | Jun 1, 2015 | Education, Topics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The final night of the Scripps National Spelling Bee was packed with repeat visitors and potential dynasties, but no one saw Snehaa Ganesh Kumar advancing as far as she did. The Folsom Middle School seventh grader tied for fourth place with her...
