Our mission is to create a society in which everyone regardless of socioeconomic background can develop into mature democratic citizens with 21st-century skills. Debate for All believes that debate is a powerful tool of education that allows individuals to openly express their opinions and develop the skills of critical thinking and persuasion as well as to expand academic and career opportunities.
We do it because we want to narrow achievement gaps in Korea; socioeconomically underserved students show major achievement struggles compared to their peers, with the achievement gaps increasing every year.
We aim to address educational inequality through debate education by equipping students with the skills necessary to succeed in the 21st century: critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity. To do this, we run debate leagues and tournaments, provide debate training to students and teachers by the best coaches in the nation and beyond, and provide free peer to peer debate mentoring to socio-economically under-served students.
In so doing, we’ve been working with city governments, public education offices, schools, and other public and private organizations, as well as university debaters and debate coaches in the region.
