Urban Debate In The News
Here are the most recent articles on urban debate in the news.
- New Jersey Urban Debate League fosters rational discourse on issues - New Jersey Star-Ledger
- In-Depth: Talk About Confidence - Fox Twin Cities
- Second Annual HUDL Summer Debate Institute Kicks off New Season - Houston Independent School District
- Inside the Newsroom: Thriving Memphis Is In Our Hands - Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Houston Urban Debate League Presents Opportunity to Help - Houston Bar Association Appellate Lawyer
- Observations from a year in Memphis City Schools - Tri-State Defender
- Poker professionals ante up for charity - Los Angeles Times
- Scotusblog: High Court, High Speed, High Profile - Washington Post
New Jersey Urban Debate League fosters rational discourse on issues - New Jersey Star-Ledger
First, there is fear. Then fear leads to anger. Anger is the engine of intolerance and hatred, easily exploitable by those with a political agenda. Easily spread, virus-like, by talking heads who pose as journalists but are really entertainers of sorts, the bizarre clowns of public discord who are welcome in an atmosphere of self-absorption.
In-Depth: Talk About Confidence - Fox Twin Cities
What does it mean to win? Does it mean taking home the title? Or does it mean taking what life's handed you and, with the right opportunity, turning it into more than you could ever imagine?
Trish Van Pilsum spent five months tagging along with two girls from North High School in Minneapolis to see what happens when young people become part of a team that teaches them to believe in their own intelligence and the strength of their own voices.
Second Annual HUDL Summer Debate Institute Kicks off New Season - Houston Independent School District
For one week in early August, 111 students from 16 Houston ISD schools took part in the second annual Houston Urban Debate League Summer Institute at the University of Houston. Over the course of the institute, students learned the basics of debate and argument theory from some of the top competitors and coaches in the nation, culminating the experience with a two day camp tournament.
Inside the Newsroom: Thriving Memphis Is In Our Hands - Memphis Commercial Appeal
In the just-concluded school year, 15 Memphis high schools launched debate teams, thanks to Jim Sdoia and others who worked on this project. A Memphis team went deep into a National Public Policy debater forum this spring, one of two urban debate leagues in the country to do so.
Students on the team are learning how to communicate effectively, speak in public and think on their feet. You can learn more at memphisdebate.org.
Houston Urban Debate League Presents Opportunity to Help - Houston Bar Association Appellate Lawyer
The Houston Urban Debate League (HUDL) is a non-profit organization working with HISD to restore competitive cross-examination policy debate to inner city Houston High Schools (where it once thrived, but until last year had almost completely disappeared). Because this type of debate is similar to appellate oral advocacy, and because many appellate lawyers got their start as high school debaters, appellate lawyers are natural sources of support for this important initiative.
Observations from a year in Memphis City Schools - Tri-State Defender
To promote student leadership and healthy youth in our community, we established four regional health clinics; reorganized the Office of Coordinated School Health to drive health initiatives for the district; expanded the number of schools and students participating in the Urban Debate League; and won approval for improving conditions on all 12 of our high school football venues with synthetic turf, a move that will expand opportunities for band competitions and community use alike. Melrose Stadium opens the season with a new synthetic turf field next month.
Poker professionals ante up for charity - Los Angeles Times
Andrew Brokos, who graduated from the University of Chicago with a philosophy degree, has an impressive streak of cashing -- meaning winning at least some money -- at the WSOP Main Event for three straight years; in 2008, he won about $193,000 for placing 35th among a field of more than 6,800 entrants. He's also an accomplished online player and instructor.
But the 26-year-old Brokos' real passion isn't poker. It's coaching inner-city schoolkids in the art of debate. When he couldn't get a paying job in education pursuing his interest in forensics, he used his poker winnings to support himself while he started the Boston Debate League, which has grown from three schools in 2005 to eight. Impressed with Brokos' bootstrap work, the city school system provided funding for a full-time executive director to run the league, but Brokos continues to donate his time several days a week -- with poker remaining as his means of support.
Scotusblog: High Court, High Speed, High Profile - Washington Post
A feature on former debater and NAUDL supporter Tom Goldstein, founder of the influential Scotusblog.
