This morning, four of my students asked to use the bathroom in the space of 10 minutes. In those same 10 minutes, I was able to conduct three formative assessments and adapt my teaching based on those ...

Advocates for education on sign language are making sure children of all abilities are set up for success in the classroom.Sign language is a vital tool for some students and encouraging others to use ...

"Sign language should be respected just as any other language. It’s our fundamental right and it enables us to communicate and be equal members of our communities," said Jenny Nilsson, member of Human ...

A deaf teacher who uses sign language and lip reading to teach and engage a primary school class has been recognised for her work. Alysha Allen, who teaches at Brimsdown Primary School in Enfield, is ...

The lack of scientific terms and vocabulary in many of the world’s sign languages can make science education and research careers inaccessible for deaf people and those with hearing loss. Meet the ...

CAMBRIDGE – Last fall, the preschoolers’ Head Start classroom in this village featured a lot of screaming arguments. While each fight was rooted in typical preschooler problems - sharing, taking turns ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- When Heather Patrick was growing up, she knew she was different. At the age of 16, she was diagnosed with autism. She graduated from high school at 21, and went from one community ...

Not so long ago, deaf children were punished in the UK for using sign language in the classroom. Recounting his experience in the 1960s, one deaf person told one of my colleagues many years later: “I ...

We often take for granted our ability to interact with others in our own language. But significant barriers to communicating in sign language are depriving many deaf people of enjoying even these ...

I remember it clearly--the time I got chewed out (by my principal) for using ‘inappropriate’ language in the classroom. I had been working with my students on a wonderful piece of music by Robert ...