We are seeking ways to improve teacher incentives to coach debate, provide easy access to curriculum and training material, and to provide increase access to high school debate institutes run by various universities throughout Georgia and the nation. Conduct research into debate as a part of curriculum and alternative school curriculum. A great deal of research has been done on the effectiveness of debate as part of the elective curriculum. In the information age, many colleges and universities have begun to integrate a debate component into communication across the curriculum programs. Expanding debate into other classrooms and experimenting with the including debate as part of alternative schools for the nontraditional leaner shows great promise for improving skills in and information age and for providing unique learning opportunities for those non-traditional learners.
Policy debate is a highly information-based activity.
Access to resources over the internet will be the only way many high school students are able to access the kind of information needed for informed discussion of public policy. Students need access to government documents, law reviews, academic and scholarly journals,and reports from think tanks and private foundations. In the modern era this requires computers with internet access. We need to secure access to computer-based research tools. Computers might also make it possible to access those in less-densely populated areas as well.