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Guide
Four quick questions about grade, comfort speaking up, prior experience, and goals, then a real starting point on our skill ladder.
A free, full-length Lincoln-Douglas topic brief for the September/October 2026 resolution on space colonization: the literature map, the burden structure, six affirmative and seven negative positions, and two starter case skeletons. No login required.
Almost every debate program near you teaches Public Forum. Here's what Lincoln-Douglas actually is, and why the individual format matters for a beginner.
What separates a Foundations-level debater from a Bid-level one — and how promotion actually works.
Research
Real effect sizes from peer-reviewed research, not vibes: reading gains, graduation rates, and what a Department of Justice "Promising" rating actually means.
Podium Debate