Competing in the middle school competition on May 31:
The 25R Panthers vs 352X BX Debates All Day
In the high school competition on June 1:
The 23Q Rhetoricals vs 368K Brooklyn’s Finest Debate Team
The results are coming in…
Congratulations to the 721K Knights of Reason for earning the 3rd Place title in this year’s competition. Trophy ceremony and photos will take place on June 1.
Congratulations also to the 177Q Probable All-Stars and the 373K Phantom Thieves for earning Honorable Mention in the High School Competition.
2017 Championships
Here is the flyer for the live event. Please feel free to print and post around your schools!
May Madness – High School Edition
The playoffs are underway and the teams are already getting into championship formation. First, please join us in congratulating the High School Honorable Mention teams:
The 177Q All Star Debaters and
The 373K Phantom Thieves
Keeping the competition alive down to the last topic, the following teams are still in the race:
368K Brooklyn’s Finest Debate Team,
The 721K Knights of Reason
and the yet undefeated 23Q Rhetoricals.
What a season! Middle school playoffs are next week- check the calendar to tune in and don’t forget to join us for the Championships on May 31 and June 1. If you can’t make it to the event, we will be live streaming through the Debate Now tab above.
And the Championship Topic Is…
The topic for the 2017 debate championships is
“Are sanctuary cities good for our country?”
What do you think?
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Taking Suggestions
The topic for this year’s championship debate is still up in the air! Through the end of this week, we will be taking your suggestions for the final topic… Send us an email or post your topic in the comments below!
Final Four
Hi, everyone! Round 3 is well underway and the final four is right around the corner. Final four match-ups begin the week of May 1 for high school and May 8 for middle school. The competition does not get much fiercer than this! Check the schedule tab to tune in for a debate, and remember to mark your calendars for the 2017 Championships on May 31 and June 1. Hope to see you there!
Still Debatable
The recent issue of Scholastic Upfront Magazine had an article on whether college athletes should get paid, which was one of last year’s topics.
The new debate topic is:
The US should immediately stop construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Round Three begins March 27. Dates and match-ups to follow.
Ready… Set… Debate!
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Seasoning
This cartoon appeared in Monday’s Wall Street Journal newspaper. Who do you think the “they” refers to?
Fake News in the News
Here is a story from today’s New York Times about a man who wrote fake news stories during the presidential election. Do you think he will continue to write fake news in the future? Why or why not?
Hoax Photos
Can you tell which photographs are real and which are fake? Some pictures are realistic-looking, but are still false. Maybe a graphic artist used the program Adobe Photoshop to make changes to a photograph on the computer? Download this file, from Authentication Beyond the Classroom, for examples.
Jackalope picture from http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-wyoming/Jackalopepc.jpg
Round 2 Topic Announced
The new topic is: Social media websites should be allowed to publish fake news.
Round two begins the week of January 24th. Schedule will be announced soon!
Ready… set… debate!
NY Times Re-Tackles Electoral College
The NY Times republished a 2000 debate about whether the electoral college should be abolished. Read it here.
Debate Graphic
We present the latest live debate background!
Thank you Adam for the colorful image.
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Debates Begin This Week
Are you ready?? We are eager to hear the arguments that the teams will introduce this week as we kick off the new debate season. Tune in to check out the competition!
Round 1 Topic Announcement
The Round 1 Topic has been announced:
Schools should not give homework.
Get busy people. You have your homework cut out for you! (Oh, wait….)
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FBI vs iPhone, continued
Last year’s hot-button topic on whether Apple should unlock a terrorist’s iPhone for the FBI is still in the news. As you may recall, a private company did unlock the iphone, without Apple’s blessing. Now, several news organizations want to find out how it was done.
AP, other media sue FBI for details on iPhone hacking tool
Who Votes?
Do you remember our 2015 debate topic “All U.S. citizens (over the age of 18) should be required to vote?” Well, here is a news tidbit about the number of Americans who do actually vote.
Welcome Back!
Don’t Be Late: Register for Debate!
The first debate workshop is scheduled for Friday, September 16, 2016. This is a *must* if you are at all interested in being a part of the District 75 debate program this year. It is also a way to reconnect, refresh, and resume where we left off!
If you can think of a debate topic, add it to the comments section below!
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