[Senate Document 115-3]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
115th Congress 1st Session/Senate Document 115-3
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NATIONAL DEBATE TOPIC FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 2017-2018
Resolved: The United States Federal
Government Should Substantially Increase Its
Funding and/or Regulation of
Elementary and/or Secondary
Education in the United States
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NATIONAL DEBATE TOPIC FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 2017-2018
Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. Section 1333
Compiled by the Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
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U.S. Government Publishing Office
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44 U.S.C., SECTION 1333
CHAPTER 13--PARTICULAR REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS
Sec. 1333. National high school and college debate topics
(a) The Librarian of Congress shall prepare compilations of
pertinent excerpts, bibliographical references, and other
appropriate materials relating to:
(1) the subject selected annually by the National
University Extension Association as the national high
school debate topic and
(2) the subject selected annually by the American
Speech Association as the national college debate
topic.
In preparing the compilations the Librarian shall include
materials which in his judgment are representative of, and give equal
emphasis to, the opposing points of view on the respective topics.
(b) The compilations on the high school debate topics shall be
printed as Senate documents and the compilations on the college
debate topics shall be printed as House of Representative
documents, the cost of which shall be charged to the
congressional allotment for printing and binding. Additional
copies may be printed in the quantities and distributed in the
manner the Joint Committee on Printing directs.
(P.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1270)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Supp. III, Sec. 170 [Sec. 276a] (Dec.
30, 1963, Pub. L. 88-246, Secs. 1, 2, 77 Stat. 802)
C O N T E N T S
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FOREWORD......................................................... V
INTRODUCTION..................................................... 3
SUMMARY.......................................................... 3
BACKGROUND AND HISTORY........................................... 4
FEDERAL EDUCATION LAWS........................................... 6
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT (ESEA) / EVERY STUDENT
SUCCEEDS ACT (ESSA)........................................ 6
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (IDEA)..................... 8
PERKINS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT (PERKINS)......... 11
EDUCATION REGULATIONS............................................ 12
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES........................................... 15
FEDERAL FUNDING.............................................. 15
STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING...................................... 16
TEACHER QUALITY.................................................. 19
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP................................................ 24
PUBLIC SCHOOL ALTERNATIVES....................................... 27
CHARTER SCHOOLS.............................................. 28
MAGNET SCHOOLS............................................... 30
PRIVATE SCHOOLS.............................................. 32
VOUCHERS..................................................... 33
DC OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM........................... 36
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS........................................... 37
EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY....................................... 39
COMMON CORE STANDARDS........................................ 40
STATE STANDARDS.............................................. 43
ASSESSMENTS...................................................... 45
STANDARDIZED TESTING......................................... 45
STATE ASSESSMENTS............................................ 46
NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS......................................... 48
SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................. 51
Foreword
The 2017-2018 high school debate topic is:
``Resolved: The United States Federal Government Should
Substantially Increase Its Funding and/or Regulation of
Elementary and/or Secondary Education in the United States.''
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the
Library of Congress prepared this bibliography to assist high
school debaters in researching the topic. This bibliography is
intended to assist debaters in the identification of further
references and resources on the subject. In selecting items for
inclusion in this bibliography, CRS has sampled a wide spectrum
of opinions reflected in the current literature on this topic.
No preference for any policy is indicated by the selection or
positioning of articles, books, or websites cited, nor is CRS
disapproval of any policy, position, or article to be inferred
from its omission.
The bibliography was prepared by Audrey Crane-Hirsch,
Darren Jones, LaVonne Mangan, and Laura Monagle, Reference
Librarians, and Technical Information Specialists in the
Knowledge Services Group of CRS and in the Jefferson Reading
Room of the Library of Congress.
The project team leader was Jerry W. Mansfield, Lead
Information Services Coordinator, Knowledge Services Group.
We wish the best to each debater as they research,
prepare, and present arguments on this year's topic.
Mary B. Mazanec, Director
Congressional Research Service
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