Announcing Workshop Staff for Debate Central FREE Workshops!

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Lauren Sabino

This year, we’re fortunate to welcome back some excellent lecturers for our Free Debate Workshop Series as well as introduce some new faces! If you were on the fence about attending our free workshops August 24 and September 7, we’re certain you can’t turn down a chance to hear from this impressive group! Continue reading →

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Young Patriots Essay Contest 2014-2015: How to Enter

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Lauren Sabino

The 2014-2015 contest is now closed.

Click here to be taken to the 2015-2016 Young Patriots Essay Contest page.

Or, read the winning essays from 2014-2015.

The National Center for Policy Analysis and Debate Central are proud to announce the 2014-2015 Young Patriots Essay Contest! Entrants have the opportunity to compete for $10,000 in scholarship money.

The Young Patriots Essay Contest is designed to challenge high school students to creatively solve problems in the realm of economics and public policy through the art of writing. We assign a controversial topic each year and only THREE winners are chosen out of hundreds of essay submissions. Find the topic and entry instructions below the fold!

Last year’s contest winners receiving their awards in Dallas.

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5 Ways to Welcome a New Resolution (Without Losing Your Mind)

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Lauren Sabino

It’s (almost) resolution day! If the Twitter-verse is to be believed, many of you were anxiously anticipating the publication of the new Public Forum and Lincoln Douglas topics. We were right there with you: Continue reading →

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Known Unknowns – 5 Ways to Predict the Topic

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Lauren Sabino

One of the most difficult things to teach is how to predict the topic. Today, we’re teaming up with Sarah Spring, Director of Debate at the University of Houston, to put together your fool-proof guide to assessing the “known unknowns” at the beginning of the season. You can find it below the fold. Continue reading →

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8 Camp-Free Steps to Finish Summer Strong

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Lauren Sabino

Recently, we Tweeted (Follow us: @Debate_Central) a link to one of my very favorite blog posts about summer work. The author, a communications professor at Iowa, is writing for the benefit of graduate students, but he makes some excellent points that apply to debate. You can find the original article here.

I thought we’d do a post modifying this advice and adding some of our own favorites, but first:

Why do debate work in the summer? Continue reading →

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9 Ways to Get The Most Out of Debate Camp

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Lauren Sabino

Whether your summer camp experience is one of our free workshops (learn more here and here) or a debate camp hosted by a college or university, you want to make sure you get the most out of the experience. How to do that? A few simple steps: Continue reading →

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Announcing Debate Central Free Workshop # 2!

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Lauren Sabino

Debate Central is proud to announce the second of our 2013 free debate workshop series! You can find the details below the fold: Continue reading →