One of America’s sunnier national convictions is that when people disagree it is useful, even virtuous, for competing sides to make their cases to the public. We wrap this belief in decorum and ...

View the full episode transcript. When Kyle, a 10th grader at Palo Alto High School, walked into his final debate of the day, he was hoping for an easy finish to a long tournament. Instead, he found ...

Veritas Schools secured its eighth victory at a Harvard summer debate program, beating competitors from 25 different nations.

With a mother and a brother involved in speech and debate teams, Mentor High School rising junior Ellie Coleman decided to follow her family’s lead. According to her team coach Amy Roediger, Ellie has ...

Young Bermudians debated terrorism, animal rights and several other topics with debaters from more than 70 other countries ...

Charles Rosentel was recently named the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues' Debate Coach of the Year. He has been coaching high school debate since he started teaching 18 years ago. For the ...

A World Schools Debate team composed of Flathead, Glacier, Columbia Falls and Whitefish high school students talked their way to the top five on the national stage. The team placed fifth at the June ...

Going into his senior year at Roosevelt High School, Everett Murray wanted his last high school debate season to be a competitive one. Achieving that would be no easy feat. Roosevelt, a Title I school ...