Sign language has become a saving grace — a way to communicate without interrupting instruction in schools across the country.

Knowing the hand symbols and their nuances while riding a motorcycle can make things a lot safer.

(Another reason is to avoid interrupting class.) The “teacher look,” hand signals, and proximity are among the effective ways to redirect one or a few students without saying a word.

Sometimes using exit cards so students can explain what they learned at the end of a lesson or asking students to show hand signals during a lesson can demonstrate students’ comprehension.

Chesapeake, Va. – Assault, battery and indoctrination of Islam in a 5th grade special education classroom – all accusations from Stephanie Bennett, a Chesapeake mother whose 10-year-old ...