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  • In highly-developed societies, this house supports the "No Child Left Behind" policy

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    "No Child Left Behind" policies hold schools accountable for student performance. Under these policies, penalties are imposed on schools that fail to meet academic benchmarks in standardized tests or which have significant numbers of student absences. Penalties often include a reduction in funding, forced restructuring, or other corrective actions.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-15

  • This house prefers Montessori education over traditional educational systems in primary schools

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    Montessori education is a child-centric approach that emphasizes independence, self-directed learning, and hands-on activities. There are no tests or fixed curriculum milestones for an entire class, but rather students are encouraged to learn at their own pace with teachers acting as facilitators.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-15

  • This house believes that the commercialisation of childhood does more harm than good

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    Commercialisation refers to the process of promoting and selling products or services, including the strategies and activities to make a profit. In the context of childhood, this includes but is not limited to the rise of child influencers, children playing video games for money through e-sports, and the trend of parents creating online accounts for their children.

    SACEE League Championships 2025 - Junior Division · Round 1 · 2025-06-14

  • This house supports Anna choosing to let Elsa remain in exile

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    In Frozen, Elsa, the newly crowned Queen of Arendelle, accidentally reveals her magical ice powers and flees into the mountains, choosing to live in isolation. Anna, her younger sister, must now decide whether to chase after Elsa or stay and lead the kingdom. Although Anna is loyal to her sister, they have grown emotionally distant after years of separation, and their bond is strained and uncertain. This motion assumes the decision is made before Anna chooses to pursue Elsa.

    SACEE League Championships 2025 - Junior Division · Octofinals · 2025-06-14

  • This House, as the mother, would publicly post the twins online

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    You are a 25 year old lifestyle vlogger and influencer, with 500 thousand followers across social media platforms. You are pregnant with twins, and you and your long term partner are really excited to become parents.

    Thistle Cup Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-06-13

  • This house, as a parent, would be adulthood-focused as opposed to childhood-focused

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    For the purposes of this debate, and "adulthood-focused parent" aims to set their child up for successful adulthood. This may look like encouraging their child to work hard in academics and teaching structure and discipline, among other things. In comparison, a "childhood-focused parent" aims to "let children be children" by focusing on play time and personal enjoyment.

    Harvard World Schools Debating Championship Australia-New Zealand Round 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-06-12

  • This house prefers a world with the Future Interests Bureau to one without

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    For the purposes of this debate, the 'Future Interests Bureau' is a proposed independent governmental body. It is composed of experts and is designed to understand the interests of minors. It would have voting power in federal elections equal to the proportion of the public that are minors

    Harvard World Schools Debating Championship Australia-New Zealand Round 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-12

  • This house would abolish the MATATAG curriculum

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    The MATATAG curriculum aims to decongest the current basic education curriculum in the Philippines. It reduces the elementary learning areas from 7 to 5 in favor of generalized subjects such as Language (English & Filipino), Makabansa (MAPEH & Araling Panlipunan), and Good Moral and Right Conduct (GMRC). It also implements a learning progression system to reduce the amount of subjects per grade level i.e. the introduction of Language in Grade 2, Science in Grade 3, and Makabansa + GMRC in Grade 4. MATATAG has been implemented in phases starting from the previous school year.

    Santiago Ortega Cup II · Marvin Parma Cup Semifinals · 2025-06-07

  • This house would abolish the MTRCB

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    The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) is a government agency responsible for the review and classification of movies and television programs in the Philippines. The agency uses a rating system to establish a minimum age requirement to watch each movie and television program (e.g., PG-13, R-16, R-18, X) which must be determined before public release. Due to this, movies and television programs rated X cannot be legally distributed in the Philippines, among other distribution regulations depending on the classification.

    Northern Luzon Intervarsity 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-31