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The American Parliamentary Debate Association (APDA) is the oldest intercollegiate parliamentary debating association in the United States.APDA sponsors over 50 tournaments a year, all in a parliamentary format, as well as a national championship in late April.
The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) is the largest interscholastic speech and debate organization serving middle school and high school students in the United States. [1]
This category contains debating societies, and combined literary and debating societies. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 ...
Its membership is national with participating schools throughout the country. In 2015, NPDA was the largest debating organization in the United States with around 200-250 participating schools in any given year. [1]
Competitive debating stayed a primarily intercollegiate activity until Bruno E. Jacob founded the National Forensic League (NFL)—since renamed as the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA)—in 1925. A professor at Ripon College, Jacob was inspired by a letter he received asking if a debate league for high school students existed.
The National Forensic League was an honor society that recognized middle and high school students and coaches for participation in speech and debate activities. [4] Students earned merit points for participation and were held to a Code of Honor. [5] [6] Karl Mundt served as the organization's national president from 1932 until 1971. [7]
The most crucial component in making the Urban Debate League a national education reform movement was seed funding from George Soros’ Open Society Institute.In the spring of 1997, OSI launched its High School Debate Grantmaking Program, the purpose of which was to support initiatives that seek to institutionalize competitive debate opportunities in high schools in traditionally underserved ...
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