For years when I taught freshman composition, I centered the class around argument, the form of writing that I took to be at the heart of academic discourse and intellectual life generally. I assigned ...

The claim, evidence, reasoning framework is a lot of thinking all at once for middle school students. Here’s a way to break ...

Follow students in Boston and Chicago public schools to witness debate-based pedagogies in action. In high schools across the country, there is a growing belief that debate-based pedagogies improve ...

A Sarasota school is teaching civil discourse after a classroom argument erupted over the fictional murder of a political figure. The school's curriculum distinguishes civil discourse from debate, ...