Brooklyn middle school’s bilingual debate team among nation’s best

Name: Brooklyn middle school’s bilingual debate team among nation’s best
Uploaded: 2019-09-26T16:00:00+00:00
Duration: 1 min 59 s
Description: For many of the students in Brooklyn’s M.S. 50, Spanish is their first language. Five years ago, principal Benjamin Honoroff decided that no child would be left out of debating on a national stage, making the debate team bilingual and challenging English-only norms at tournaments.

For many of the students in Brooklyn’s M.S. 50, Spanish is their first language. Five years ago, principal Benjamin Honoroff decided that no child would be left out of debating on a national stage, making the debate team bilingual and challenging English-only norms at tournaments.

Posted September 26, 2019 8:26pm EDT