Urban Debate Impact
A peer-reviewed study of the Chicago Debate League suggests that
African American male students raised their GPAs by 50% of a letter
grade and were 70% more likely to graduate from high school than
non-debating peers. Compared to their non-debating peers, African
American male debaters were 70% more likely to reach the ACT College
Ready benchmark in Reading and twice as likely to reach the College
Ready benchmark in English.
