National Awards for Debate Excellence

ALOUD harnessed decades of debate, nonprofit, corporate and evaluation experience to create the National Awards for Debate Excellence. These advisors realized that the best way to expand the reach of debate was “to bring the mountain to Mohammed” and provide incentives for school systems and local entities to report to ALOUD on their debate activities and plans for the future. The awards serve the dual functions of creating accountability and facilitating data collection about existing debate communities. Competitive awards will attract applications from public/private partnerships in the nation’s 500 largest school districts. By attracting many applications, ALOUD will gather extensive data about best practices and strategies for expanding debate and the best models to evaluate the effectiveness of different programs. Over the long-term, these awards may become the hallmark award for multi-city school district partnerships in this area.

This is our message to urban students:

Your Voice. Your Future. Debate.