The 1999-2000 Debate Caselist


Complete with almost every case I or anyone else could think of, and without further ado here it is. I include the name or topic of the case area, and a very brief description of what it is for the people of you who, er, don't know what they mean.


Here it is, the Washington/Idaho Novice Case list

Increase Single Sex SchoolsDecrease Single Sex Schools
Increase VouchersDecrease Vouchers
Increase Bilingual EdDecrease Bilingual Ed

See the pattern?


Case ListMini-Discription
Abolish DoeBan the Department of Education
Abolish Goals 2000Ban the Goals 2000 federal program
AbstinenceWe should teach kids not to have sex
Anti-CrimeCrime is to high and must be brought down
AP/Gifted Program IncreaseIncrease special classes for special kids
Arts/Humanities IncreaseArts and Humanities increase academic achievement and should be increased
Ban Asbestos RemovalStop removing Asbestos from our schools
Ban Bilingual EducationEnd Bilingual Education in America
Ban Blood Quanta TestingEnd Blood-based requirements to be an Indian
Ban BussingStop forced desegregation
Ban CalculatorsKids don't really learn with calculators, so we should ban them
Ban CensorshipBan all library and school censorship and let kids read whatever they want to
Ban Compulsory EducationKids don't have to go to school anymore
Ban JROTCJROTC makes for biggoted kids and violent ones, and thats bad
Ban Teacher UnionsStrikes and Union vetoes are bad and so should be banned
Ban TextbooksTextbooks are bad, and kids don't learn critically
Ban VouchersNo more Vouchers
Bilingual EducationTeach Bilingual Ed in schools
Black FeminismNot only are they black, but they are womyn. So they should have special rights
Black ImmersionAll-Black Schools
Block SchedulingLonger, fewer classes
Block GrantsGive schools unconditioned money
BrazilSome crazy people want us to increase academic achievement in the United States of Brazil
Breast FeedingBreast Feed kids at young ages so they do better in high school
BussingUse Bussing to desegregate schools segregated along neighboorhood lines
Charter SchoolsPrivately run schools with public money
Class SizeSmaller classes help kids learn better, so we should try to reduce class sizes
Computers/TechIncrease computers and technology in the classroom
Conflict ResolutionIncrease Peer Mediation and resolving teen conflicts
Corporal PunishmentEither let or prevent teachers and schools from using corporal punishment
Coverdell AmendmentSave money for college in tax-free accounts
Cultural TestsMake standardized tests culturally sensitive
Date Rape EducationTeach boys that Date rape is a serious crime, and not to do it, and girls what to do to prevent it.
DC VouchersVoucherize DC schools
DevolveDevolve control of schools to states
Drug EducationEducation about drugs, and how bad they are
Drug TestingTest Everyone, Trust No one
Critical Thinking/PedagogyKids learn today oppresively, and we need to learn in a critical thinking manner
Education EqualityThe Federal Government should work to equalize education everywhere
Education Savings AccountsSame as Coverdell Amendment
Environmental EducationEither in every subject or as a seperate class
Equal FundingBalances Funding across the nation
Euro-CentrismWe put to much emphasis currently on European culture, and should do more
Exchange ProgramsSend more of ours over to there and vice versa
Foreign LanguagesTeach more Foreign Languages
Federal TakeoverFederal Government Takeover of Schools
First AmendmentFirst Amendment Rights of kids are curtailed now, we should allow them more freedom of speech
Head StartIncrease funding for Head Start
Holocaust EducationTeach people about the Holocaust
Home Rule/Local ControlLocal Control of Schools
HomeschoolingAllow/Promote Homeschooling
Homework ReformUh, have students do less homework!!!!
Homosexual EducationTeach people to be tolerant of Homosexuals
Immigrant EducationImmigrants are poorer and have worse education than us, so they need special consideration
Inner City TechIncrease technology and computers in Inner City Schools
LibrariesIncrease Library Funding and student involvement with them
Magnet SchoolsAllow/encourage or ban magnet schools that are public schools with specific emphasis on certain subjects
Mandatory ForensicsEveryone must take Forensics
Math and ScienceIncrease emphasis/funding for math and science classes
Montessori MethodThis method works, we should use it
MulticulturalismWe need to recognize all cultures in our schools. Similar to Euro-Centrism
National StandardsStandardize teaching methods
Native American SovereignityNative Americans are worse off than most, so we should give control over their education to them.
Natural SegregationSchools are being segregated along neighboorhood lines, and we should stop this
No Fail GradesNo more Fs, kind of like Outcome Based Education
Parenting ClassesHow to be a better parent 101, and to help kids with school
Peace EdTeach kids about peace and love and drugs. Er, skip the drugs part
PhonicsHooked on Phonics might work for everyone
Prison EdTeach inmates so they can get their GED
PrivitizationVouchers!!!!!
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico schools are very, very bad and so we should fix them up
Outcome Based EducationSee No Fail Grades
Religious EducationAllow/Teach Religous Education
RESE ActReform the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Beyond that, I don't know
RitalinStop giving Ritalin to kids and start helping them
School ChoiceLike Vouchers, but not necessarily with money
School PrayerAllow Prayer in schools
School SizeSmaller schools are safer, so we should reduce school size
Security IncreaseKids can't learn when they aren't safe, so lets protect them
Sex EducationUh, teach people about sex (hehehe)
Sexual HarrasmentKids are harrassed sexually in schools and so schools should try to stop it
Single Sex SchoolsGirls are supposedly discriminated against in coed schools and so learn better in girls-only schools
Special EdWe should either increase or ban special education
SportsSports in the morning wake you up better and so we should fund a national before schools sports program
Start TimesKids learn better with more sleep, so we should start school later
Super Ed-FlexEd-Flex only better. It gives states and districts more flexibility, hence "flex" in education, hence "ed"
Teacher PayTeachers should be paid far more
Teacher Role IncreaseTeachers need to do more, so make 'em
Teacher TrainingCurrent Teachers are no good, so we should train them
Transcandental MeditationHa, ha, ha. It says that you can meditate and this will improve academic achievement. It also says you can fly and walk through walls
Troops to TeachersAfter they get out of the military we can train them as teachers
UniformsUniforms help education and discipline and crime, and thats good
Unthinkable PolicyThe Federal Government really screws up, and then local schools wrest control away, which is good (Good ol' FOL)
Universal PreschoolPreschool for everyone
VouchersWell if you don't know this...
Vo-TechNot everyone goes to college and we should help those who don't
Waldorf MethodKind of like Montessori, only its called Waldorf
Whole-WordA method of teaching to read as opposed to phonics
Wymen/FeministCurrent Pedagogy enforces patriarchial worldviews, and so we must have one that teaches more equalized wymen worldviews
Year-Round SchoolsUh, Year-Round Schools
Zero-ToleranceNo tolerating violent behavior

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