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The Duval Urban Debate League's position that debate significantly boosts academic achievement among participants, particularly African American males. Highlights from findings relative to policy debate include:
• 80% of debaters reported no attendance problems compared to 49.02% of the controls.
• Debaters scored 36% higher on the reading post-test than on the pre-test. This improvement is 61%
10/04/2025
Congratulations to the Bolles Speech and Debate Team for their outstanding performances at the St. Augustine Forensic League Tournament in Gainesville last weekend! 🏆👏 Read about their impressive wins and top honors: https://bit.ly/4o6PoOs.
07/17/2025
Bolles Speech and Debate Team member Sohan Patel ’27 recently directed a middle school public speaking camp that he and Wolfson High School Speech and Debate Team member Jarrett Kelley initiated this year.
This summer camp brought together students from across the Jacksonville community who wanted to learn the basics of speech, debate and Student Congress. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3TGK5YM.
WHY CONSOLIDATING LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS REMAINS A SUBJECT OF DEBATE:
Florida officials cheered the new statewide scores, with Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. saying the grades “reflect Florida’s steadfast commitment to excellence in education.”
Student scores:Duval student test scores lag state despite some schools 'knocking it out of the park'
Statewide, close to 200 more schools earned A grades than last year and about 100 fewer schools received D or F grades, data from the Florida Department of Education showed.
Charter schools operate under contracts with local school districts and aren't controlled by the rules set for low-performing district schools. No Duval County charter schools were graded F in the state's latest report card. These were the charters graded D and how they scored the year before:
Tiger Academy, unchanged from 2023
Somerset Academy-Elementary, Eagle Campus, down from a C in 2023
KIPP V.O.I.C.E. Academy, unchanged from 2023
Wayman Academy of the Arts, improved from F the year before
Florida Cyber Charter Academy, down from a C in 2023
San Jose Primary School, improved from F in 2023
KIPP Jacksonville K-12, unchanged from 2023
Jacksonville Classical Academy East, improved from F in 2023
How Public Schools, primarily on the Northside faired:
Graded F
Annie R. Morgan Elementary, unchanged from 2023
Graded D
Andrew A. Robinson Elementary, down from a C
Highlands Elementary, down from a C
Hyde Park Elementary, down from a C
Kings Trail Elementary, down from a C
Long Branch Elementary, down from a C
Northwestern Legends Elementary, improved from an F in 2023
Pinedale Elementary, down from a C
Sallye B. Mathis Elementary, down from a C
Susie E. Tolbert Elementary, down from a C
Woodland Acres Elementary, unchanged from 2023
Matthew W. Gilbert Middle School, unchanged from 2
Grading ...learn how your school scored in 2023-2024.
07/28/2024
Resolved: Should the Federal Government restrict funding to the State of Florida for developing a racially-biased African-American curriculum mandated in public schools.
Duval County Public Schools.
Here's how Florida's education system is serving as Republican's new blueprint Republicans are promising to adopt many education policies Gov. DeSantis has implemented in Florida. Here's what they are.
While policy debaters historically have come from high-income private and public schools, Duval Urban Debate League ( ) debaters are more likely to be students who are living or grew up in economically disadvantaged communities and underfunded schools.
In addition to its competitive debate activities, including the hosting of online virtual debate tournaments and the operation of a summer debate institute, DUDL also facilitates the use of debate techniques in classroom teaching in middle and high schools in the North Florida area.
Results from a new study on the impact of participating in competitive policy debate on educational achievement show that debate makes a real, positive difference, as measured by multiple outcomes (ELA test scores, graduation rates, and college enrollment).
Check out this video on the fundamentalsd of .
HOW WORKS
A debate round includes a total of 69 minutes of , cross-examination, and prep time. Including the judge’s deliberation and decision delivery, the whole debate typically lasts between 75 and 90 minutes.
03/27/2024
Civics101
Sing With Us | The Children's March: Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around Atlanta History Center presents a singalong to “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around,” one of the many protest songs sung during the Civil Rights Movement. ...
04/10/2023
I always stand on the right side of Justice...
even when it turns left.
Expelled Tennessee lawmakers both seeking seats again The expulsions have made Tennessee a new front in the battle for the future of American democracy.