Debate topics

I-ready should be banned

Schools use I-Ready because it is designed to help teachers understand what students know and where they might need additional support. However, some students and educators have concerns about how it is used in classrooms. Common concerns include: - Students spending too much classroom time on computers. - Repetitive lessons becoming boring. - Technical problems interrupting learning. - Assessment scores not always showing a student's full understanding. - Students feeling pressured to complet

Should Public Funds Follow Students to Private Schools?

Should Public Funds Follow Students to Private Schools?

Should Public University Education Be Free?

Should Public University Education Be Free?

Should Race-Conscious College Admissions Be Restored?

Is AI helping or harming education?

Every student now has a personal tutor in their pocket — one that never loses patience and adapts to their learning style. But teachers worry AI enables cheating, erodes critical thinking, and widens the gap between students who use it wisely and those who use it as a crutch.

Should college education be tuition-free?

Debating whether higher education should be publicly funded like K-12 education.

Parents device use harms children more than kids own screen time

Research suggests that parental distraction by phones during play and meals correlates with worse cognitive and social outcomes in children. Others argue that blanket parent-shaming ignores legitimate needs—parents use devices for work, family coordination, and mental health breaks—and that kids direct screen exposure matters more.

Wisdom comes from experience, not education

Some believe that true wisdom is gained through lived experience, making mistakes, and learning from life's challenges rather than formal study. Others argue that education provides essential frameworks, accumulated knowledge, and analytical tools that experience alone cannot offer.

Should Media Literacy Be a Required Subject in Schools?

Teaching students to identify misinformation, understand bias, and evaluate sources could combat the spread of fake news and strengthen democracy. However, concerns include who determines what is "misinformation," potential political bias in curriculum, and displacing other essential subjects.