Archive for the 'general debate interest' Category
Jan
19
DKC and KC Star to Host: Competing Futures: a debate over KC schools
January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment
DEBATE-Kansas City (DKC) is proud to be co-sponsoring a public debate over the future of Kansas City, Mo. schools with the Kansas City Star on January 31st at 7:30 p.m. on the campus of UMKC. The debate will feature three DKC alumni each arguing for a different entity (current community board, mayor or state) to control Kansas [...]
Dec
14
Fall Power Rankings
December 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
DKC is proud to release our fist set of Power Rankings for the 2011-2012 season. The current totals are based on all tournaments held to date. In policy debate the teams are ranked based on total number of wins with speaker points breaking ties. In student congress places are determined by combined point totals from [...]
May
19
Arrowhead Middle School Debate Video
May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Arrowhead Middle School was recently awarded a grant of $750 for next year through the Leadership 2000 ImactDotte.org Video Contest. Check out the sweet video called “Changing the World One Speech at a Time”
May
12
DKC Awards Night
May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
DEBATE-Kansas City hosted its 12th annual Awards Night Celebration at the Kauffman Conference Center. The event was generously sponsored by the University of Missouri Kansas City. Students, coaches and volunteers from across the city gathered to celebrate a tremendous season of debate and academic achievement. The keynote speaker was Marcus Leach, who spoke of the transformative power of debate [...]
Apr
1
From the ESU Bulletin March 31, 2011 Emporia State debators take care of ‘bizness’ LaToya Williams-Green, senior communications major, is the first African-American woman on Emporia State’s debate team in the history of the university. She and her partner, Ryan Wash, junior communications major, are also the very first African American duo in ESU debate. [...]
Mar
11
LATCA City Champs Video
March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Below is a video put together by the Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy debate team. They were the 2011 middle school winners of the DKC City Championships sponsored by the Kansas Metropolitan Bar Association. Edit: It appears the songs selected to play in the background have been disabled for copyright reasons. If you would like music playing here [...]
Jan
12
First Semester Power Rankings
January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
DKC is proud to release our second set of Power Rankings for the 2010-2011 season. The current totals are based on all tournaments held to date. In policy debate the teams are ranked based on total number of wins with speaker points breaking ties. In student congress places are determined by combined point totals from [...]
Nov
22
POWER RANKINGS FALL 2010
November 22, 2010 | 2 Comments
DKC is proud to release our fist set of Power Rankings for the 2010-2011 season. The current totals are based on all tournaments held to date. In policy debate the teams are ranked based on total number of wins with speaker points breaking ties. In student congress places are determined by combined point totals from [...]
Oct
20
One of the Reasons we Need Strong Debate Support in KC Schools
October 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Today’s Kansas City Star reported that: “The students who need a good school most in the Kansas City district have the least chance of attending one, according to a study released Tuesday. And public charter schools have done little to help.” Read the Full Story. DEBATE-Kansas City’s mission is to increase academic achievement and opportunities for urban students through participation in debate. This [...]
Oct
4
Lee A Tolbert Community Academy Hosts In-House Tournament
October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Lee A Tolbert Community Academy hosted an in-house debate tournament for over 40 students and just as many parents last Thursday (September 30). Head coach Bill Lindsey organized two sessions of student congress and one policy debate round. The in-house event allowed students to practice for tournament competition by matching wits against fellow teammates. The most impressive [...]
