National Spelling Bee - Broadcast in Prime Time on ABC
BevK May 3rd, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/Ent…tory?id=1917204
For the first time in its 79-year history, the National Spelling Bee the original “reality TV” will go prime time for next month’s drama-filled finals. Thanks to recent movies, books and even a Broadway musical, young spellers are suddenly hot. After 12 years of showings by the sports cable network ESPN, the final rounds of the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee will be shown live Thursday evening, June 1, on the ABC network.
There are 37 homeschooled students in this year’s bee.
The stats:
School Type:
196 public (71.28%)
37 home (13.45%)
26 private (9.45%)
13 parochial (4.73%)
3 charter (1.09%)
Of last year’s 273 spellers, 63.37% were public-schooled, 12.45% were home-schooled, 13.92% were private-schooled, 9.16% were parochial-schooled, and 1.1% were charter-schooled.
