Behind the Headline: Pa. girl wins Bee with ‘cymotrichous’



By Education Next   06/03/2011

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Pa. girl wins Bee with ‘cymotrichous’
USA Today | 06/03/11

Behind the Headline
Competition Makes a Comeback
Education Next | Summer 2010

The 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee has a winner! June Kronholz wrote about spelling bees and other academic competitions in the Summer 2010 issue of Ed Next.

Also check out our interview with George Thampy, who won the bee in 2000.




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