“Intelligence Squared” MIGHT Have Some Value To Teachers & Students

 

I was recently listening to NPR and heard a program called Intelligence Squared.

The organization chooses questions around current events, recruits two people to debate for each side, and then posts the video/podcast and transcript on its website.

It appears to lean heavily to “establishment” voices, and its board of trustees raises questions (someone who works at a conservative think tank, a Sackler family member), but some of the debates seem like they could have value to students and teachers.

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