The UN Foundation, IDEA, and the National Forensic League present the UN Youth Leadership Summit, to be held this July 17th-19th in New York City. You can find information about this exciting event at www.thepeoplespeak.org.
Debatabase is the world's most useful resource for student debaters. Inside you will find arguments for and against hundreds of debating Topics, written by expert debaters, judges and coaches. Also included are background summaries, links to websites of interest and recommended books, example motions and user comments.
The Citizen Journalism students at this year's Institute in Turkey have a blog. Visit the blog to get day-by-day CJ lessons and see some great class videos!
IDEA presents www.idebate.org/mdg. This new website provides students and teachers with tools and information for raising awareness about the MDG's. Check out our resources!
Congratulations to the following international schools for securing a trip to the Global Youth Summit in New York City: Mircea Eliade Lyceum (Moldova), Gimnaziul Pro Succes(Moldova), Evanjelicke Gymnazium (Slovakia), Villa Maria Academy (Chile), Nancho Popovich High School (Bulgaria), and Solvista Secondary School (South Africa). For more results, visit www.idebate.org/thepeoplespeak..
Results of the Korea Qualifier Tournament have been posted on the IDEA blog! Visit the blog to see which Korean high school debaters will be attending the NFL National Tournament in Las Vegas this summer. Thanks again to all judges and participants--and to Indianhead International School for hosting the event.
The BP Round Robin sponsored by IDEA and Hobart and William Smith Colleges April 4th-5th was an exciting event that invited 16 schools to be a part of top-notch competition. To see results, please visit the IDEA blog!
In addition to being on Facebook, IDEA is also on MySpace! Our new MySpace profile is myspace.com/ideadebater. Will you be our friend? We only have six right now, which makes us really lame.
Mosquito ultrasound device Should we allow the ultra-sonic Mosquito device to be used to make young people move away? Or should it be banned? Added: 21 Jun 2008
•
NASA, Government funding for Should the National Aeronautics and space administration (NASA) be government funded? Added: 12 Jun 2008
•
Football (soccer), restrictions on overseas players Should the game of football adopt FIFA’s six-plus-five plan for a maximum of five foreign players in a club side? Should the European Union change its rules to allow this? Added: 01 Jun 2008
•
Estate Tax Should there be a tax on property at the time of death? Added: 28 May 2008
•
Do It Yourself / Home Improvement Is trying to improve your home yourself worthwhile, or should building, decoration and interior design work be left to paid professionals? Added: 24 May 2008
IDEA Inc. and the Dutch registered IDEA are separate organizations that
operate independently yet cooperate informally with each other. This
website, a joint presentation, is intended to promote both
organizations' interests while maintaining their respective
independence.
