Next week’s national spelling bee is the biggest ever—because more than half the spellers paid to get their spot instead of having to win their way there
Until last year, winning a regional spelling bee was the only way that children from across the U.S. could be invited to—and win—the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee, an iconic scholastic competition held since 1925.
Then, 14-year-old Karthik Nemmani won the 2018 Bee, correctly spelling the word koinonia for the championship. Karthik’s path to the national event was different. He was part of the bee’s first-ever class of “invited” spellers: kids who lost at regionals but whose parents agreed to pay an entry fee of $750...
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