James Pavur, a student at Westminster Schools, has created several graphical representations of the cases that teams are reading on the 2011-2012 high school policy debate topic. His graphs—of the field at the 2011 University of Michigan tournament, based on the NDCA Wiki—are available f...
The NDCA Board is accepting applications for the 2013 NDCA National Championships. To submit an application, please review the information about potential host sites and email the completed application form to Nicole Serrano. Please feel free to email Nicole if you have any questions about the proc...
Why must school debaters argue both sides of the Resolve? It seems hypocritical.Outside school nearly all our important attitudes and beliefs are picked up from oursurroundings. In adult life we see great emphasis is placed on loyalty and sincerity tothese characteristics. Yet young debaters get cau...
Earlier this summer, the University of Michigan Debate Institutes hosted Dr. Everett Dolman for a lecture and demo debate about space weaponization. The video of the debate and the audio of Dr. Dolman’s lecture are now available from the NDCA (via DebateVision). The debate featured Sr...
The Houston Urban Debate League is hosting Space Policy Day on August 1 from 8:00AM to 2:30PM. Of interest to students and coaches who are preparing to debate this year's space topic, the event will feature discussions of space policy by experts in the field. The event will be webcasted live at...
The NDCA Board is proud to announce that our Open Evidence project is live and available for use. Started in 2007 as the brainchild of Aaron Timmons, the NDCA launched the Open Evidence project in order to provide free access to camp files. Every year, the project continues to grow and the num...
The sixth annual NDCA National Championships was held on April 16-18 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Special thanks to Brian Manuel, Scranton High School, and the University of Scranton for their fantastic hospitality. Many awards were given out to deserving recipients; the following are the highligh...
The Scranton Times-Tribune recently published an article about the upcoming National Debate Coaches Association National Championships. In it, reporter Stacy Brown shares a profile of Brian Manuel, the Scranton native who spearheaded the campaign to bring the NDCA to the Electric City. &l...
Congratulations to our 2011 Educator of the Year nominees. The Educator of the Year award is intended for an individual who has made a substantial impact on the high school debate community through their service, commitment, and teaching. Not merely a teacher or coach to their own stude...
Help your favorite collegiate participant win the National Debate Tournament (NDT) - the Fundraising NDT, that is, to help spread debate in Dallas! The school with the most donations in its name will be recognized by Debate Central and the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance. Check out the donation websit...
The NDCA has approved its slate of awards that will be given at the 2011 NDCA National Championship in Scranton, OH. Please make sure you are a member so you can be eligible for all four awards. 1. Educator of the Year – We are now accepting nomi...
The Dallas Urban Debate Alliance held its Varsity City Championship, sponsored by Strasburger Price, LLP, February 25-26 on the campus of Southern Methodist University. With over 50 students registered to compete, the following students earned special recognition. Congrats to Hillcrest & WT ...
The Boston Debate League (BDL) is offering a one-week Debate Across the Curriculum (DAC) graduate class this summer to train middle and high school teachers in all subject areas to use debate activities to teach their content and curriculum in an engaging and academically rigorous fashion.Learn How ...
Dallas Urban Debate Alliance completed its Prince Henry Foundation tournament, the third of the year, last weekend. Congratulations to all of the student competitors! Special congratulations to our top Varsity speaker, Jasmine McEwen from Woodrow; to our top varsity team Joseph Reyes & Luk...
The NDCA membership cast their votes in the first round of balloting for the 2011-2012 topic. The rank order of selections is below: Ranked 1 Space Policy--Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its exploration and/or development of space beyond th...