SELECTED FILM BIBLIOGRAPHY

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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OTHER DEBATE NEWS IN PRINT

 

Associated Press. “Urban Students Learn Art of Debate.” The Washington Times ( 28 June 2005 ). http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050627-095401-3678r.htm 

Bahrampour, Tara. “Resolved: That High School Debate is Back.” New York Times 15 (October 2000), Metro Section: 1(B). 

Barber, Iowaka. “Agreeing to disagree.” Open Society News (Summer 1998), 14-15. 

Baron, Dan. “A Big Game With Big Words: Debate Enjoys a Resurgence at Chicago High Schools.” Chicago Tribune 13 (November 1998), sec. 2: 8. 

Blair, Brittney. “Voices of Reason,” Chicago Magazine (March 2003). 

Bowler, Mike. “Help Wanted: Good Teachers and Leaders.” The Baltimore Sun ( 25 July 2001 ): 2B. 

Cauley, H.M. “Pace Debate Team Has Flock of Highly Affirmative Backers.” The Atlanta Journal and Constitution (30 March 2000), Home Edition. 

Chin, Matthew. “Garey Debate Teams Gain Competition Experience.” Los Angeles Times ( 22 February 2001 ). 

Chin, Matthew. “No Arguing Debate Team’s Strides.” Los Angeles Times. 

________. “Class Report Card.” Daily News ( 4 January 2000 ), Suburban Section: 2. 

Cohn, Lynn M. “Eisenhower Debate Team Keeps Winning: No Argument, They’re Good at Competing.” Detroit News (7 February 2000): 5(D). 

________.  “Colleges.” Times-Picayune (25 February 2001 ): 6. 

________. “Competitive Debate Making Impact, Comeback in Inner City.” Ascribe Newswire (21 November 2001). 

Day, Sherri, “The Debate Team from a Hardscrabble School Seeks National Honors.” New York Times (14 March 2002): B3 

________.  “Debate Program Gains Popularity in Urban Schools.” Urban Advocate (March 2000): 4. 

________.  “Debate Winners.” City News Service of Los Angeles (1 May 2001). 

Donsky, Paul.  “First Lady Praises Debate Program.”  Atlanta Journal-Constitution (10 March 2005): C2. 

Eafefe, Tyehimba. “Can Debate Leagues Work Where Conventional School Reforms Don’t?” Baltimore City Paper (29 August 2001), Motown Beat Section; available at http://www.citypaper.com/2001-08-29/mobs.html. 

Ervin, Keith. “Student Debates Prompt Cheers: Program Makes a Comeback.” Seattle Times (26 March 2001); available at http://www.seattledebate.org/news.html. 

Esquibel, Curtis L. “Teen-agers Argue for an Opportunity.” West County Times (5 December 1999): 33,39(A). 

Estrella, Cicero. “Open to Debate: Forensics Program Helps Disadvantaged Students Gain Critical-thinking Skills.” The San Francisco Chronicle (15 February 2002): 1 (Final Edition, San Francisco), p. 1 (Final Edition, East Bay), p. 8 (Final Edition, Contra Costa). 

Foege, Alec and Mary Harrison. “Word Warriors.” People (29 September 1997): 75. 

________.  “Foundation Awards Education Grants.” Providence Journal-Bulletin (6 January 2002): 1[C]. 

Fussell, James A. “She’s the Winning Argument.” Kansas City Star (16 March 1997). 

Ghezzi, Patti.  "Skipping School: Life Turned Around for Faydren Edwards When Someone Cared." Atlanta-Journal Constitution (28 April 2002): 11(A). 

Ghezzi, Patti.  "Determination Takes Go-getter to Emory." Atlanta Journal-Constitution (26 May 2002): 1(C). 

________. “Grant to Bring Debate Program Back to KC Inner City Schools.” Marshall Democrat News (23 July 1998). 

Gonzalez, Carolina . “Students Making a Point: Debate Teams Eye Tourney.” New York Daily News (4 April 2000), Suburban Section: 1. 

Gross, Doug. “Inner-city Students Learning to Debate.”  Boston Globe (27 June 2005).

Gross, Doug. “Speaking Volumes.” The Miami Herald (28 June 2005): 5A. 

Gross, Doug. “Urban Debate League Schools Inner-city Students in the Upscale Art of Debate.” Associated Press (27 June 2005).   

Guthey, Grieg. “Campers Learn How to Argue and Love It.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1 July 1997): 7(B). 

Horsley, Lynn. “UMKC Coach Teams Up With Billionaire to Offer Debate Classes in KC Schools.” Kansas City Star (22 July 1998). 

Horsley, Lynn. “Six KC Public Schools to Begin Offering Classes.” Kansas City Star (23 July 1998). 

________.  “Inner-City Students Learn the Upscale Art of Debate.” CNN.com (27 June 2005).

http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/06/27/urban.debaters.ap/ 

Houppert, Karen, “Finding Their Voices:  Encouraging struggling students to argue may seem a debatable strategy. But there's no arguing with success.” Washington Post, (26 August 2007), p. W12.

Kennedy, Sheryl. “Students Make Case for Debate Program.” Chicago Tribune (8 October 1997), section 2: p.1. 

Keoun, Bradley. “War of Words Inspires Students to Succeed.” Chicago Tribune (31 January 2000). 

Krupnick, Matt. “Educator Bringing Public Debate to Schools.” Daily Bulletin (23 April 2000). 

Levine, Michael. “Global Generosity: Foundation Financier George Soros to Fund UMKC DEBATE Program.” Jewish Chronicle (24 July 1998). 

Loupe, Dianne. “Debate Team Adds to Therrell Trophy Case.” Atlanta Journal (8 March 1994): 2(E). 

Malik, Tariq. “University Debate Team to Expand Outreach.” Los Angeles Times (12 January 2000). 

Mays, Raqiyah. “The Great Debate: Urban Squad Excels in the Art of the Argument.” The Source 129 (June 2000): 80. 

McCleary, Frank. “Van Horn Students Find Arguing Fun.” The Examiner Kids; available at http://examiner.net/stories/110598/kid_debate.shtml posted 5 November 1998. 

Miller, Joe. “Word War 2,” The Pitch (May 8-14, 2003): 10-14, 17-18, 21-23. 

Moore, Jerry.  “No Debate About Success of Some MPHS Students.” Beverly Review (14 January 2000): 1,16. 

Morley, C.B.  “The Bronx Defenders: Truth, Justice and Equity for All.” Bronx Times 7, no. 4 (25 January 2001): 6-7. 

Morrales, Linda, “Urban Teenagers Discover a Passion for Lively Debates,” Miami Herald, (30 Sept 2007), http://www.miamiherald.com/519/story/255402.html

Mueller, Michelle B.  “Student’s Rendition of Fairy Tale Wins Storytelling Championship.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch (10 April 2000), North Post Section: 6. 

Mueller, Michelle B.  “Urban Debate Students Are Gaining Essential Skills.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch (21 February 2001), West Post Section: 9. 

Mueller, Michelle. “Put it On the P.A.” St. Louis Post Dispatch (10 December 2001): 4 (Five Star Lift Edition, South Post). 

Niedowski, Erika. “Three Area Youths Fly Off to Russia for Debate Camp.” The Baltimore Sun (July 27, 2001): 3B (Final Edition), p. 7B (Arundel Edition). 

Nord, Lesley. “The Point of Debate.” Kansas City Star (11 December 1998). 

Paul, Sharla. “Inner-City Students Flourish in Emory University Debate Programs.” Decatur Community Review (January 1996). 

Pinzur, Matthew.  “Program Aims to Turn Kids’ Talk Into Debate.”  The Miami Herald (1 July 2005). 

________.  “Providence Schools Activities.” Providence Journal-Bulletin (29 March 2001): 4[C]. 

________.  “Ribbons and Blues.” The Daily Record (Baltimore) (9 March 2002): 1B 

Ruenzel, David. “Making Themselves Heard,” Education Week (April 2002). http://edweek.com/tm/tmstory.cfm?slug=07debate.h13 

Shatzkin, Kate. “Finding Their Voices: Preaching and Persuasion, Doubt and Triumph: A Year of Debate in Baltimore ’s High Schools.” The Baltimore Sun (18 June 2000): 6-7(F). 

Shire, Kate, and Widener, Andrea. “Debate Moves from Philosophical to Real-Life Plight.” Chattanooga Times/Chattanooga Free Press: D1. 

Simon, Stephanie. “Schools a $2 Billion Study in Failure.” Los Angeles Times (30 May 2001). 

Spiliadis, Andreas. “A Gold Mine of Learning.” idebate, International Debate Educational Association (October, 2001): 32-33. 

Sugarman, Raphael. “Debate Team Energized by Cop Brutality.” New York Daily News (11 April 2000). 

Teicher, Stacy.  “Students From Inner Cities Find Power at the Podium.”  Christian Science Monitor (19 October 2004).   

________. “There’s No Debate: Feinstein Team Helps Students Hone Skills.” Providence Journal-Bulletin (26 January 2001): 4[C]. 

Tucker, Jill.  “Students Wade into Word Warfare.” Oakland Tribune (14 December 1999), Local Section: 1-2. 

________. “Urban Debate/Reviving the Art of Argument,” Editorial, Minneapolis Star-Tribune (June 8, 2003). 

________.  “Visit From First Lady.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution (10 March 2005). 

Wade, Melissa Maxcy. “Replacing Weapons With Words.” The Atlanta Constitution 14 (September 1998), MetroVoices Viewpoints section. 

Walker, Reagan. “Debaters Push to Keep Up With Events; Students Also Changing as Fast as Their Timely Topic.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (February 8 2002): 15A 

White, Tanika. “Urban Students Talk it Over in School Debate Programs.” Kansas City Star (2 December 1998): 1(B). 

Williams, Ginger. “ Baltimore Urban Debate League Debuts at Inner City Schools.” Baltimore Times (Spring 2000).