<p>My child plans to attend a New England boarding secondary school this fall and has expressed interest in debate. I was doing some research and found that there are multiple debate styles - Lincoln-Douglas, policy debate, parliamentary debate. Does anyone know what style is most commonly used in NE prep schools (e.g., Hotchkiss, Andover, etc.)?</p>
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<p>You should poke around on the league’s website. From a quick glance, it seems the hosting school sets the rules for each debate. There doesn’t seem to be an overall season’s standing, or anything like that.</p>
<p>I presume the best thing to do would be to contact each school’s debate coach to ask about their team. At this point, it would be most efficient to wait until March 10th for admissions results before embarking on correspondence. </p>
<p>Probably parliamentary, I think thats what my public school’s debate team uses. We also use parliamentary when we debate in class. Don’t quote me on that however NE prep schools might do it different. </p>
<p>I can’t speak for one school in particular, but if they’re part of the National Forensics League, chances are they only use Lincoln Douglas and Policy debate, as those are the two main styles of debate used in the NFL. L-D is one-on-one and deal mostly with ethical issues. Policy debate is generally two-on-two and deal with policy issues. They also have Public Forum debate as well as various other speech interpretation events. We are in a homeschool college-prep co-op that rivals many of the best prep schools in its curriculum and we follow the NFL. We do L-D, Policy Debate, and Individual Events, which are the speech interpretation events. From what I understand, most college prep schools up here in New England belong to the NFL, so hopefully that will give you some idea. But you won’t know for sure unless you actually research for a school in particular, as not all schools may be part of the NFL, or may be, but only focus on one particular style of debate.</p>
<p>Parliamentary at Andover</p>