Children should choose what they learn in school
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This house would ban dangerous sports
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Is digital technology making children’s lives better?
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Teachers should be allowed to smack naughty children
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This House believes schools should exclude bullies
KS3 pupils (11-15 years old) from the Beacon School in Surrey debate this motion using a 3-a-side format with a floor debate. The video on this page streams from YouTube. A few schools block YouTube; if yours is one of them, use the backup video link below. If neither of these videos work for you, …
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Case Study: King Edward VI School
King Edward VI School (KES) is a Church of England Secondary school, with a sixth form, in Suffolk. They have over 1500 pupils, including 350+ in the sixth form. Our Head of Programmes, Alice, visited the school in early February 2018. THE BIG IDEA Friday Afternoon Debating Club A debating club…on a Friday afternoon? Yes. …
Children should be paid to go to school
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This house would ban boxing
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Registration now open for Up for Debate 2017-18
Registration for the 2017-18 Up for Debate programme (run by the Noisy Classroom in association with the PiXL Edge) is now open. Access to resources is free for all schools which are members of PiXL Edge, and entry to our 2018 competition costs only £50 for those schools. Other schools who are members of the PiXL Club …