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Chicago League Wins National Award for Advancing Equity in Debate

Chicago Debates Executive Director Anthony Bolden said this award will help keep debate teams competing in underfunded Chicago schools.

Intellectual Property Rights Set to Be Next School Year's Policy Debate Topic

The national topic is what thousands of high school students will research, formulate arguments for and debate across the country.

NFHS Reveals Top Two Policy Debate Topics, Sends Out Final Vote Ballot

NFHS Director of Performing Arts and Sports James Weaver said the policy debate topic selection process is at its best "when everyone is involved."

'Mr. Tabroom' Doesn't Let Data and Code Interfere With Debate's Human Side

"It's been kind of fun to become this bizarro-world minor celebrity," Tabroom creater Chris Palmer told Newsweek.

High School Debate Benefits Reading Scores and Soft Skills, New Study Finds

The study found that participating in policy debate improves students' critical thinking skills and positively impacts their likelihood of going to college.

Dallas Students Feel Like 'Goldfish' Among Sharks Ahead of National Debate Tournament

"It can get scary sometimes," one high school student told Newsweek recently, "but we have proved that we can still stand our ground."

Why Student Debate Matters, Newsweek's Editor-in-Chief Explains

The publication is partnering with the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues to support healthy debate and create space to find common ground.