Visit the NFL’s interactive online lesson in judging Public Forum Debate!

Enjoy this instructional video on debate technique from coach Beth Eskin.

The Sunvitational is hosted by The University School on the campus of Nova Southeastern University. Each year, the tournament features the best of the best competition from across Florida and around the country. This year was no different as over 90 teams from 6 states vied for the championship. The final round of the tournament [...]

DON’T BLAME TEACHERS UNIONS FOR OUR FAILING SCHOOLS from Intelligence Squared US. Teachers unions: They’re powerful, they’re defensive, and they’re stubborn. And if it seems their leadership places a premium on protecting its members – above all other interests – we should not be surprised, because protecting jobs and wages is what unions were created [...]

The Florida Manatee district of the National Forensic League typically involves strong competition in Public Forum Debate. This year’s event was no exception. The district qualified three teams for the National Tournament in June. The team of Gold & Bernstein from Fort Lauderdale HS received the bye to Nationals as the only remaining undefeated team. [...]

The Federalist Society’s Civil Rights Practice Group hosted this panel discussion on Affirmative Action in the Obama Era at the 2009 National Lawyers Convention on Thursday, November 12, 2009. Panelists included Ms. Shirley J. Wilcher, Executive Director of the American Association for Affirmative Action; Prof. Theodore M. Shaw, Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University [...]

Shelby Steele gives his response to a question about affirmative action & education

In the United States, affirmative action policies, first implemented to address the historical grievances of black Americans, have long been controversial. But the debate over affirmative action has generally ignored such action as practiced by other countries around the world. Has affirmative action proven to be more or less effective in other countries? What common [...]

Race vs. Class: The Future of Affirmative Action Miller Center of Public Affairs Over the past several years, race-based opportunity policies have been on the defensive. In 2006, 58% of Michigan voters approved a statewide referendum ending affirmative action in public education. A year later, the U.S. Supreme Court forced public school administrators to use [...]

President Barack Obama said Thursday the Supreme Court had ‘moved the ball’ on affirmative action in a decision favoring white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., but added the court had not ruled out the use of racial preferences in the future.