Chicago League Wins National Award for Advancing Equity in DebateChicago Debates Executive Director Anthony Bolden said this award will help keep debate teams competing in underfunded Chicago schools. More
Intellectual Property Rights Set to Be Next School Year's Policy Debate TopicThe national topic is what thousands of high school students will research, formulate arguments for and debate across the country. More
NFHS Reveals Top Two Policy Debate Topics, Sends Out Final Vote BallotNFHS Director of Performing Arts and Sports James Weaver said the policy debate topic selection process is at its best "when everyone is involved." More
'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. More
High School Debate Benefits Reading Scores and Soft Skills, New Study FindsThe study found that participating in policy debate improves students' critical thinking skills and positively impacts their likelihood of going to college. More
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." More
Why Student Debate Matters, Newsweek's Editor-in-Chief ExplainsThe publication is partnering with the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues to support healthy debate and create space to find common ground. More