High school students compete in the Congressional Debate at the National Speech and Debate Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa, in June. Credit: Meenakshi Van Zee for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

LATHAM, N.Y. (WRGB) — At Shaker High School, the room where students are most vocal isn’t necessarily the gymnasium or the cafeteria, but a classroom where students are dismantling complex issues one ...

(FOX40.COM) — While candidates for California governor were debating in San Francisco on Wednesday night, some students in Sacramento were debating public officials as part of a Sacramento Urban ...

This story is published as part of the Baltimore News Collaborative, a project exploring the challenges and successes experienced by young people in Baltimore. The collaborative, of which Wide Angle ...

High school debate teaches students that real-world topics are complex and involve competing values. Debate helps students turn arguments into understanding by identifying central clashes and ...

College students want to debate but are afraid to do it, according to a recent report from Banjo, an online platform ...

Canyon Crest Academy sophomore Samson “Sammy” Synn was recently named to the 2026-27 National Speech and Debate Association Student Leadership Council. Sammy is one of 26 students nationwide selected ...

Also this month, 28 Solon students -- 17 from the high school and 11 from the middle school -- qualified for the National Speech and Debate Tournament, taking place from June 16-20 in Des Moines, Iowa ...