Inner-city schools suffer when ‘debaters’ go silent
By Erwin Chemerinsky In the film The Great Debaters, inspired by the powerful story of a debate team at a small all-black Texas college, Denzel Washington’s character, professor Melvin B. Tolson, challenges his students to understand that “debate is...
Intelligence Squared Debate Night on December 3rd!
Thank you to Intelligence Squared for an incredible partnership to provide NYC youth access to these incredible monthly debates. Each month we align our middle school parliamentary debate topic with the monthly Intelligence Squared topic. This month’s topic: The...
Calvin Coolidge Scholarship Opportunity!
Attention High School Juniors! The Coolidge Scholarship is a full-ride presidential scholarship that covers a student’s tuition, room, board, and expenses for four years of undergraduate study and leadership training. This one-of-a-kind scholarship may be used...
