We are pleased to announced the 2018 dates and locations of the Victory Briefs Institute: VBI Philadelphia: June 30–July 13 at Swarthmore College VBI Los Angeles Session I: July 15–August 4 at Loyola Marymount University VBI Los Angeles Session II: August 5–18 at the University of California, Los Angeles All sessions, including our flagship three-week curriculum, will feature instruction in […]
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My name is Sam Bonham, and I have been involved in Public Forum debate at Southlake Carroll Senior High School for the last 4 years. I attended several other debate camps prior to VBI, but Victory Briefs was the most influential on my career, and I can directly attest to the quality of instruction and […]
Curriculum Corner
This first post in the Curriculum Corner is to roll out, and explain, some of the new curricular elements that we have been developing and will be using at VBI this summer. Later in this series we will have articles to explain these components in-depth and go into detail about what pedagogical value we think […]
Curriculum Corner
Hey debate world! The Curriculum Staff at VBI is starting a new series of posts here on VBriefly dedicated to discussing debate curriculum. The hope is to use this space, partially, to promulgate information about our camp curriculum, but also to prompt discussion and provide resources for the broader debate world about debate instruction. We […]
Curriculum Corner
We are pleased to announced the 2017 dates and locations of the Victory Briefs Institute: VBI Philadelphia: July 1–14 at Swarthmore College VBI Los Angeles Session I: July 16–August 5 at Loyola Marymount University VBI Los Angeles Session II: August 6–19 at the University of California, Los Angeles All sessions, including our flagship three-week curriculum, will feature instruction […]
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Congratulations to Cambridge Rindge and Latin’s Oliver Sussman for winning the 2016 Mineapple Round Robin! In finals, Oliver defeated Harrison’s Raffi Piliero a 3-2 decision (Gorski, Smith, Students, Lumpee*, Murphy*). Congratulations to both debaters! Full results can be found here.
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Imagine that you could receive high-quality evidence cut by experienced coaches in your inbox every day for free. Wouldn’t that be great? We think so too. That is why we are introducing the Victory Briefs Card of the Day Subscription. Sign up using the form below and you will automatically receive a high-quality piece of […]
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The LD resolution is Resolved: Countries ought to prohibit the production of nuclear power. Click here to subscribe to the 2016–2017 LD Victory Briefs. The PF resolution is Resolved: In United States public K-12 schools, the probable cause standard ought to apply to searches of students. Click here to subscribe to the 2016–2017 PF Victory Briefs.
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