The Chicago Debate Summer Institute

The Chicago Debate Summer Institute (CDSI), in its thirteenth year, is the largest and oldest urban debate summer training program for students in the nation. Its founding concept was to bring the highest standards of university summer debate institutes -- for instance, Northwestern's High School Institute program -- to the students of the Chicago Public Schools. Instead of paying $3,000 or $4,000 as at those programs, the CDSI is free to all CPS high school students, and lunch and debate materials are provided. So is the finest debate instruction available in the country.

The CDSI is for debaters at any level -- from raw beginner to the city's most competitive and successful Varsity debaters. The CDSI staff is a careful blend of university debate coaches, highly accomplished university debaters who have experience working with UDLs, and the best urban debate high school coaches.

The CDSI runs for two weeks over the summer, generally from early to mid August.

The CDSI regisration form in available here.

DATES AND TIMES
The 2008 Chicago Debate Summer Institute (CDSI) will be held from August 4th
- 15th, Monday through Friday, 8:30am - 3:00pm.

STAFFING
This year's CDSI will have an exceptionally high level of staffing,
including University debaters (past and current),  CDL alumni, as well as
several instructors flying in for the CDSI specifically.  It will have lab
groups for every developmental level: from raw beginner to Varsity debaters
experienced on the National Circuit.

LOCATION
The institute will take place at Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of
Medicine High School at DuSable Campus.
4934 South Wabash
Chicago, IL 60615

The school is available via the Red Line or Green Line (both have 47th St.
stops) -- there is a 47th Street bus that goes east.  You can find a CTA map
here.

And use CTA tripsweb to plot out your trip here.

In order to alleviate transportation concerns,*the OHSP will provide
complimentary CTA fare cards for students attending the CDSI.*  Please let
your students know that these are available.  The OHSP's staff will pass out
fare cards to students on-site, so students will need to organize their own
transportation for the first day of the institute.

Driving, there's a 47th street stop off the Dan Ryan Expressway (90/94) --
go east to Wabash and then make a right (south).
More information on the school can be found here.

REGISTRATION FORM:
Download the registration form here, and email completed version to Tracy Carson, Director of the 2008 CDSI at tracycarson@urbandebate.org

PICTURES FROM THE 2006 CDSI.





For more information on the CDSI, please visit our 2008 CDSI page.