When a certain First Lady’s “Be Best” initiative fell flat, spelling could have helped. By adding an ‘e’, “Bee Best” could have hitched itself to America’s most popular academic competition for kids: the Scripps National Spelling Bee. According to their website spellingbee.com, “Mo re than ten million students start a spelling bee journey every fall.” The annual event, first held in 1925, celebrated its 100th anniversary last year. ...read more read less