MID-WILSHIRE, LOS ANGELES -- With school closures and a Safer at Home order put into effect, the coronavirus outbreak had threatened to halt this educational institution's speech and debate program.
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 ...
It’s a scene that’s played out in K-12 schools around the country in recent years. Unprompted, a student expresses her ...
In 1984, as a first year student at Sussex University, I marched round campus carrying a placard, occupied the Arts C building and stood outside the Tory party conference at the Grand Hotel on the ...
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 ...