Les Lynn
Founder and director
Les founded ACE in 2012. His background includes teaching at Whitney Young Magnet High School and co-founding the Chicago Debate League.
Argument-Centered Education
Chicago-based professional learning for educators who want to teach through evidence, reasoning, discussion and debate.
About Argument-Centered Education
Partnerships help teachers build argument-centered instruction into the curriculum they already teach. The work can combine professional-development workshops, curriculum adaptation and classroom-embedded coaching.
Les Lynn directs the practice and participates in partnership planning and implementation. Schools, colleges and youth-serving organizations agree on a scope, calendar and budget with ACE. This is an institutional educator-training service; it is not an open-enrollment debate class for individual students.
Services and programs
Workshops
Argument-centered teaching workshops
Professional learning for school faculties, educator cohorts and instructional leaders, using argumentation and debating activities relevant to their subjects.
Eligibility: Arranged through an educational institution or youth-serving organization. Scope and meeting arrangements are agreed with ACE.
People behind the practice
Sources and review dates
- ACE — educator partnerships, delivery and Chicago base
Checked 2026-11-02
- ACE — Les Lynn and organizational history
Checked 2026-11-02
- PBS — Beyond Debate: A Revolution in Education
Checked 2026-11-02
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