February 28, 2022 – A New Jersey media report comments on an outstanding team of high school debaters from Livingston High School.
As reported in the news outlet TAP into Livingston, the Livingston students advanced to the “Sweet 16” round of the International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) competition, sponsored by the Brewer Foundation and New York University. Founded in 2001, the IPPF is the first and only debate contest that gives high school students the opportunity to participate in written and oral debates on matters of public policy.
The team is competing for a chance to make it to the “Elite 8” teams and compete for the $10,000 grand prize in New York City on April 30. The 16 advancing teams represent schools in nine U.S. states as well as Canada, Mongolia and Singapore.
According to IPPF founder William Brewer III, a partner at Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors, the students competing this year “analyzed and debated the role of the United States dollar in the world economy.” They are debating the topic, “Resolved: On balance, the hegemony of the United States dollar is detrimental to the world economy.”
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