Boston Debate League

Boston Debate League | 572 followers on LinkedIn. Developing critical thinkers ready for college, career, and engagement with the world around them. | The Boston Debate League (BDL) is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with the Boston Public Schools (BPS) to support academic policy debate teams in Boston public middle and high schools and to train BPS teachers to use policy debate as part of their classroom practice. The BDL has been bringing together an active community of students, teachers, administrators, and community leaders devoted to improving education and life skills of urban youth in Boston for the last ten years. The BDL’s mission is to integrate argumentation and competitive debate into BPS schools to develop critical thinkers ready for college, career, and engagement with the world around them.