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 ...

Sometimes you just need a fast, low-prep way to get students thinking. A short debate works almost every time. This random debate topic generator for kids is designed for mixed ages and flexible use, ...

Four Oologah High School speech and debate students won medals at the 2026 OSSAA Speech and Debate State Championship. The medalists were Teagan Jones, Avery Collier, Avery Wright, and Lane Locken.

Athens-based organization Chess and Community uses debate to teach leadership skills to students. The program was started to help students articulate the critical thinking skills they learn from chess ...

Lucas Adcock Staff Writer Leah Shinaberry, teacher at Green Bank Elementary-Middle School, hosts an elective class called Library Skills. Over the last month, her students have been working to collect ...

The new documentary “Immutable” follows students in the Washington Urban Debate League over two years as they face challenges in their own lives and on the debate stage. In the program, students learn ...

Ever since I first stepped onto the debate stage, I have been passionate about speech and debate. For the last three of my high school years, I have competed and placed nationally at major tournaments ...