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2011 Lincoln Douglas Debate Schedule

February 10               Coaches Kickoff Event

                                 4pm-6pm School of the Future

                                  127 East 22nd Street

February 17              Topic Symposium

                                 4pm-6pm School of the Future

                                 127 East 22nd Street

                                 Gilbert Ross, Executive Director

                                 American Council on Science and Health

                                Audrey Silk, President

                                Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment       

                                (CLASH) 

March 11th              Earlybird Tournament *

                                  up to 3 teams per school  use link on LD homepage to 

                                  register

                                 Institute for Collaborative Education

                                345 East 15th Street

April 7                    Jerry M. Goldberg Tournament

                               School of the Future, 127 East 22nd Street

                                1 team per school

April 20th-30th   Elimination Rounds (location TBA)

Last Week of May     Finals (Dicapo Theatre 184 East 76th Street)

PLEASE NOTIFY US AT TIARA.IMPACT@GMAIL.COM OF YOUR INTENT TO COMPETE BY MAR. 5TH.

2009-2010 Intent to Compete:

AL Noor School

Aviation HS

Bayside HS

Baccalauerate School for Global Education

Bronx School for Law, Government & Justice

Bronx Studio School

Brooklyn Tech

Clara Barton HS

Democracy Prep Charter

Eleanor Roosevelt HS

Flushing HS

Francis Lewis HS

Frederick Douglass Academy

Green Dot Charter School

Grover Cleveland HS

Hostos Lincoln Academy

Institute for Collaborative Education

Kurt Hahn Expeditionary School

LaGuardia HS

Law, Government and Community Service HS

Louis D. Brandeis HS

Metropolitan Corporate Academy

Midwood HS

Secondary School of Law

School of the Future

Science Skills HS

Staten Island Tech

Thomas Edison HS

Tottenville High School

Townsend Harris HS

Washington Irving HS

JPMorgan Chase and the New York City Department of Education through the Office of School Programs and Support Services, have been in partnership for the past 23 years in providing New York City high schools with the opportunity to engage in a values-based debate competition. In 2001, The School of Public Affairs at Baruch College was engaged to coordinate program administration for the JPMorgan Chase Lincoln-Douglas Debates. In recent years, the IMPACT Coalition was contracted to direct the JPMorgan Chase Lincoln Douglas competitions for the 2004-06 seasons. The program and competition is designed to foster oral communication activities and enhance research and reasoning skills through participation in a citywide debate program.

Each year a debate topic/resolution is determined by the LDD planning committee and provided to the participating schools The resolution is a proposition of value rather than a proposition of policy. Debaters are to develop argumentation on conflicting underlying principles to support their positions. Since the JPMorgan Chase Lincoln-Douglas debates are values debates, and not policy debates, students do not have to offer a specific plan of action in support of their philosophical position. This year’s topic is “resolved: that cultural or political restrictions placed on the right of access to humanitarian aid are unjustified.”