Simply having an opinion doesn't mean that it is well supported or even valid. Without being well informed of a subject, the best persuasive and rhetorical skills amount to only fancy packages without substance -- obvious pitfalls to the fallacies of logic. But where do we find the information we need?

This section of the Web site offers links to a wealth of information, a timeline, cases studies in violence in schools and the First Amendment, as well as a variety of lesson ideas and assessment tools especially for teachers.

The Research Center of this Web site makes it easier to perform a key part of journalistic and persuasive writing -- research. Writers have the responsibility to get accurate information. They should verify spelling, search for sources, and check the statements of sources against one another.

Finally, we hope that you will share your ideas with us in this section, through the Teacher Exchange, Writing Exchange, and adding More Resources. We hope that this will become a storehouse and exchange of information of all of our ideas, a site to which teachers and students will return time and again.