If we could teach American Sign Language to all students, including hearing students, from kindergarten to 12th grade, the benefits would be extraordinary. It would not only eradicate the biggest ...

Two Topeka USD 501 elementary schools could adopt internationally prestigious, if more rigorous, curricula in the coming years. Officials in the district and building leaders at McClure and Scott Dual ...

Burris began teaching at Troy High School in the fall of 2019. She’s a firm believer in the importance of teaching ASL so her students will not only be able to communicate but also to help bridge the ...

"It felt so free to me. You know, that was who I was. That was my culture." Fifty-eight years after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, student J.C.

American Sign Language is a dynamic living language with approximately 1 million users in the United States and Canada. A minor in ASL provides students with the ability to conceptualize language in a ...

In addition to American Sign Language, School District 186 offers Spanish, French, German and Latin. Around one million people use ASL as their main way to communicate, according to Communication ...