A measure that would offer sign language as a foreign language in Virginia's high schools and universities is headed to Gov. Bob McDonnell. The General Assembly overwhelmingly passed legislation ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Tennessee State legislature recently passed a measure that now requires students who take American Sign Language to be given credit for their foreign language requirements. In ...

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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amanda Morris about how sign language evolves over time, the subject of her recent piece in The New York Times. In 2014, the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps the most ...