“Students say they are developing skills they can use off and on the debate stage.” As one debater stated, “When it comes to confrontation and arguments I might have, I more think about it as a debate, so it does not end up being more confrontational.”
– NY1 News“Middle Schoolers Debate American Civics,” By NY1 News, November 1, 2017). http://www.ny1.com/nyc/queens/news/2017/11/01/young-debaters-argue-pros-and-cons-of-american-tradition)