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PURCHASE AND DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW!! Big Sky Debate is pleased to release its 2009 NFL Nationals Public Forums resources on US-Cuban Relations topic!  The resolution, released by the National Forensics League on May 1, 2009, is:

Resolved: That the United States should normalize relations with Cuba.

The index for our resources is here and a list of briefs for this book appears below the fold.

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PURCHASE AND DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW!! Big Sky Debate is pleased to release its 2009 NCFL Nationals Public Forums resources on the Health Care topic.  The resolution, released by the National Catholic Forensics League, is:

Resolved: A society has an obligation to ensure adequate health care for its citizens. 

The index for our resources is here and a list of briefs for this book appears below the fold.

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Resolved: That the Employee Free Choice Act serves the best interests of the American people.

 The index for our resources is here and a list of briefs for this book appears below the fold.

This is an extraordinarily timely topic as the EFCA was reintroduced in this current session of Congress on the day of our resource release.  Our research staff found a variety of interesting arguments on both the pro and con for this resolution.  Among the strongest:

• PRO: Unions, suffering from an incredible decline in membership, will be revitalized by the Employee Free Choice Act.
• PRO: The current system doesn't punish violations of labor organization laws in any meaningful way, which is fixed by the Employee Free Choice Act.
• PRO: Unions are critical to the US middle class and the US worker.
• CON: The Employee Free Choice Act hurts individual worker privacy.
• CON: The Employee Free Choice Act hurts US business during a time of extraordinary economic turmoil.
• CON: The Employee Free Choice Act tips the balance too much in favor of unions.

PURCHASE AND DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW!! Big Sky Debate is pleased to release its March 2009 Public Forum resources on the No Child Left Behind topic.  The resolution, released on February 1, 2009 by the National Forensics League, is:

Resolved: That, on balance, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has improved academic achievement in the United States.

 The index for our resources is here and a list of briefs for this book appears below the fold.

Our research staff found a variety of interesting arguments on both the pro and con for this resolution.  Among the strongest:

• PRO: The evidence is fairly clear that No Child Left Behind, despite the criticism, has increased academic achievement.  Testing results prove the NCLB seems particularly effective in elementary schools.
• PRO: No Child Left Behind has put a focus, perhaps for the first time, on subgroups in educational testing.  Districts can't hide poor results by small groups by simply reporting averages.
• CON: Any evidence that claims that NCLB had increased achievement is flawed because states have lowered standards to meet the NCLB laws.
• CON: Achievement scores are misleading as the curriculum has been stripped of science, social studies, art and music.

 

Resolved: That, on balance, the rise of Brazil, Russia, India, andChina (BRIC) has had a positive impact on the United States.

At 86 pages, our handbook offers a comprehensive look at at the economic development of all four countries in the topic.