Charles Rosentel was recently named the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues' Debate Coach of the Year. He has been coaching high school debate since he started teaching 18 years ago. For the ...

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The top two area high school debaters square off in a classic "Lincoln-Douglas" style debate. Every year, the top two area high school debaters square off in a classic "Lincoln-Douglas" style debate ...

On the left: Mackenzie Pettiford with 2nd place award at the New School University for a Tri State Debate League tournament on 3/1. On the right: Laud Olufade earning first place in Advanced Student ...

PORTSMOUTH — At 6:45 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 29 Portsmouth and Oyster River High School students and five judges (two other judges drove separately) boarded a school bus heading to Newton-South ...

The Glacier High School speech and debate team cruised to a commanding victory at the Missoula Kickoff Tournament through a well-rounded showing across events. “Despite not winning a single individual ...

Flathead High School placed second at the Class AA Speech and Debate State Championship in Bozeman. (Photo provided by Shannon O'Donnell) Glacier High School took third place at the Class AA Speech ...

At Middle School 50 in Brooklyn, New York, principal Benjamin Honoroff and his students are pumped to start the day — a dramatic transformation from when he came in a decade ago. "We were on a list of ...

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 ...