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Feb
1
All Eyes on DKC
February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment
DEBATE-Kansas City (DKC) has garnered considerable media attention in recent days. Tuesday’s public debate co-sponsored the Kansas City Star, Competing Futures: a debate over Kansas City Schools, had everyone from Mayor Sly James to National Public Radio’s Scott Simon tweeting about dynamic DKC debaters making compelling arguments. The event was attended by 175 guests that [...]
Jan
31
Express Yourself: Vote on the Future of KC Schools
January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Vote here to express your view over the future of Kansas City, Missouri Public Schools. We have three options: keep the current community board, establish a system of mayoral control or a state takeover. No matter what is system is ultimately chosen, DKC hopes we can all agree that debate should be supported! Free Blog Poll [...]
Jan
20
DKC Students Treated to Special Screening of Red Tails
January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment
On January 19th 150 DEBATE-Kansas City (DKC) students and their coaches received the red carpet treatment at a special screening of Red Tails as a service to urban youth who achieve academically through debate. AMC generously provided the tickets through collaboration with the Heart of America chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen. Red Tails chronicles the true story [...]
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 [...]
Jun
10
KC Star Advocates for Debate
June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Star’s editorial | KC schools need debate teams Jun. 09, 2011 One of the great lessons Kansas City School District officials should have learned by now is this: Protect what works. Failure to follow that simple rule has led to a year of turmoil at the previously successful Southwest Early College Campus. And, sadly, [...]
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 [...]
May
12
By JOE ROBERTSON The Kansas City Star He’s the one who is graduating this week from Howard Law School in Washington, D.C. He’s the one who has studied in Xi’an, China, and South Africa. He’s primed for a career in international law and business and is coming home to Kansas City to tell an auditorium [...]
May
10
Apply Now For Summer Camp Scholarships
May 10, 2011 | 1 Comment
This scholarship will provide full tuition for DKC students to attend the University of Missouri-Kansas City Summer Debate Institute from July 17th- July 30th. To maximize DKC resources more commuter scholarships will be available then full residential scholarships. The scholarship is sponsored by DEBATE-Kansas City and UMKC. Students who receive this scholarship will be expected to attend and participate [...]
May
9
DKC News Blast Spring 2011
May 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Here it is: DKC News Blast Spring 2011
May
2
Final Power Rankings
May 2, 2011 | 1 Comment
DKC is proud to release our final set of Power Rankings for the 2010-2011 season. The current totals are complete and represent a full season of competition. 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 [...]
