[HELP] A Debate on Public Funding for Schools

Sooner423 · May 4, 2011

Thanks everyone! I've got some awesome talking points to research. I'll let you guys know how it goes.

Sooner423 · May 7, 2011

LScolaDominates said: ↑

Good stuff, tallanvor. All these arguments are pretty easily refuted with a little preparation, and that will go a long way when it comes time for you to deliver your speeches.

To help you get started on the 10th Amendment argument: Article I, Section 8 states, "The Congress shall have power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defence and general Welfare of the United States (emphasis added, though I bet the Founders pressed their pens down really hard when writing that part)." It is not a stretch to say that public education promotes the general welfare. If your debate format includes a question/answer period (rather than simply alternating speeches), you can ask your opponent whether s/he believes an educated populace is good for the country. If s/he says yes, s/he has just made your argument for you. If s/he says no, s/he will have to defend that education is bad, which is a difficult position to take when you're paying thousands of dollars a semester for it.

That's just one argument in favor of the Constitutionality of public education funding. Another approach you could take would be to cite Constitutional scholarship or, better, specific Supreme Court cases.
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We won! A big thanks to LScoladominates and tallanvor. The issues you guys brought up turned out to be the major salient points. I stopped him in his tracks with essentially the above argument.

Commodore · May 7, 2011

public control of education and public funding of education are two very different things

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