On a recent afternoon at Patrick Henry High School, a classroom packed with teenagers is teeming with lively exchanges between students trying to grasp a new language with help from their bilingual ...

Shannon Osborne began conversing with her son, Elijah, when he was still crawling. That was 15 years ago. Now, she teaches other parents how to communicate with their child through sign language.

The first thing you notice is how quiet the classroom is: a semicircle of seven students, close-lipped, ranging from about six to 11 years old, bingo boards spread out on the tables in front of them.

Dwana Roby wears many hats in her professional life. The Lansing, Illinois, resident is founder of Emerald City Services Inc. — a non-profit providing resources to the homeless community — and owner ...

Marissa Lopez sat in a Del Mar College classroom and learned how to sign the word T-shirt. Lopez, 21, was one of about 20 people who have been gathering in the room every Tuesday to learn American ...

WARREN, MINN.-Some students in Warren, Minn., sang but didn't make a sound. Poised in front of laptops Wednesday, their fingertips danced in the air as they expressed the lyrics of popular songs ...