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Bay Area Urban Debate League urges expansion into school day; students and coaches describe benefits and challenges
Summary
League leaders, coaches and students told the board that debate improves reading, research and public‑speaking skills and asked the district to expand debate from after‑school into the regular day; coaches cited attendance, limited instructional time and English‑learner supports as obstacles.
Representatives from the Bay Area Urban Debate League addressed the board April 10 to outline growth in the program and to ask for district support to expand debate instruction into the school day.
"Debate is one of those ways to channel student voice and to channel everybody's love of expressing themselves," Dimitri Seals, executive director of the Bay Area Urban Debate…
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