Not every child will grow up to be a lawyer (thank goodness), but every child should grow up understanding the meaning of some common legal terms, especially those related to criminal law. Words like acquit, arraign, indict, depose, and felony are found everywhere in books, on tv, and even in everyday conversations. Obviously a well-rounded […]
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How to Evaluate a Website's Credibility for Research Papers
Jaden and Jerah are currently working on research papers about abortion. While I much prefer books for research, since they need to collect current information about laws and statistics, their best resource is the internet. That means that they need to learn how to evaluate the credibility of a website to determine whether or not […]
Can Dyslexia be a Learned Behavior?
Is Dyslexia a learned behavior or a biological problem? There are so many children in our county afflicted with dyslexia, who struggle with reading and therefore have a difficult time learning in school. The official position is that dyslexia is an innate, biological problem "presumed to be due to central nervous system dysfunction." But there […]