DETMOLD, GERMANY — People jam into the classroom, talking among the trays of double-decker yeast rolls called zwiebach. The air thrums with the sounds of Plautdietsch, a 500-year-old language spoken ...

GARDEN CITY, Kan. -- Tina Fehr struggled to find the right English words to say how much happier she would be if her three boys could go to a German school and learn about Jesus. The 33-year-old ...

A German lesson is starting in a public-school classroom in the Philippines, and it opens with a greeting: “Guten Morgen,” the teacher says. Students respond carefully, shaping unfamiliar sounds ...