Delaware is building a new, state-of-the-art school for the deaf. But it arrives at a time when medical advances are enabling more deaf children to take part in mainstream education. Hearing implants ...
Sadie VanAllen thought she was giving her kids a shot at a better life when she moved from a two-bedroom apartment to a three-bedroom house on Yakima’s west side. The new place had separate rooms for ...
The student is now in 10th grade, but her memories from kindergarten are still vivid. Back then, when this student would try to communicate using sign language, her teacher would clasp her hands ...
Students at UW-Madison gathered more than 2,000 signatures on an online petition fighting to preserve American Sign Language ...
Kansas deaf education task force member Kylie Stewart, center, said the state needed to address the teacher shortage in deaf education. She said the School for the Deaf student deficits in reading and ...
The Los Angeles Unified School District board passed a controversial resolution in May that places deaf and hard-of-hearing children in a bilingual American Sign Language and English program. But ...
Discover the meaning of “language deprivation” and why accessible language exposure for children born deaf or hard of hearing is important.
April 15, the last day of Deaf History Month, celebrates the anniversary of the establishment of the first school for the Deaf in the United States. Strides to make education more accessible for the ...
Learn to teach deaf students and earn dual New York State (NYS) certifications in deaf education and in a secondary subject area. The master of science degree in deaf education is designed for ...
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Christopher Kurz is a Professor for the Masters of Science in Secondary Education program and director of the Mathematics and Science Language and Learning Lab at the National Technical Institute for ...
Not being able to hear teachers coupled with feelings of isolation from her classmates caused Nichole Jergens to start struggling socially and academically in high school. Her parents, Janet and Matt ...