DetroitUrbanDebateEducation Picture of Students Debating
      

Unfamiliar to urban debate? Read Karen Houppert's piece in The Washington Post Magazine here.

  
      

Obama urges students to get involved in urban debate

  
   Urban Debate Impact  

Urban Debate Leagues have proven to increase literacy scores by 25%, to improve grade-point averages by 8%
to 10%, to achieve high school graduation rates of nearly 100%, and to produce college matriculation rates of 71% to 91%.


Click here for more facts about the benefits of debate.

 

  
      

Detroit Urban Debate Education (DUDE) is a non-profit organization and University of Michigan student group that works to increase opportunities for debate education in the metro Detroit area. We work with Detroit public and charter schools to provide teaching, coaching and research assistance for urban debate programs.

Our organization also provide professional development and training workshops for aspiring debate teachers and coaches and organizations interested in learning more about public speaking, advanced research skills and argument construction, as well as offering consultation to develop debate curricula and program structures.

 

   
  
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Interested in getting involved? Contact us at detroitdebate@gmail.com
 

  
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