The Brewer Foundation and New York University are pleased to announce the results of the “Top 64” round of the 21st annual International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) - the only contest that gives high school students around the world the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on issues of public policy.
 

• BC Forensic League from Langley, BC, Canada, advances over Slovak National Team from Bratislava, Slovakia.
   

• Pine-Richland High School from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, advances over Needham High School from Needham, Massachusetts.
   

• Arcadia High School from Arcadia, California, advances over St. Mark's School of Texas (Team A) from Dallas, Texas.
   

• H. Edu Institute from San Mateo, California, advances over BASIS Scottsdale from Scottsdale, Arizona.
   

• St. Mark's School of Texas (Team B) from Dallas, Texas, advances over Jasper High School from Plano, Texas.
   

• Kugnus Acts from Closter, New Jersey, advances over Orchlon International School from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
   

• Center for Excellence in Education from McLean, Virginia, advances over Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies (Team A) from Yongin, Republic of Korea.
   

• Ministry of Education, Singapore, advances over Kamehameha Schools Kapalama from Honolulu, Hawaii.
   

• Hobby School of Ulaanbaatar from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, advances over Ridge High School (Team A) from Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
   

• North Allegheny Senior High School (Team A) from Wexford, Pennsylvania, advances over Notre Dame High School (Team A) from Sherman Oaks, California.
   

• Lambert High School from Suwanee, Georgia, advances over Whitmer High School (Team A) from Toledo, Ohio.
   

• North Allegheny Senior High School (Team B) from Wexford, Pennsylvania, advances over Ryan International School, Noida from Noida, India.
   

• Mission San Jose High School from Fremont, California, advances over The Woodlands Secondary School from Mississuaga, ON, Canada.
   

• Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies (Team B) from Yongin, Republic of Korea, advances over Notre Dame High School (Team B) from Sherman Oaks, California.
   

• Amity Regional High School (Team A) from Woodbridge, Connecticut, advances over Greenwich High School from Greenwich, Connecticut.
   

• Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram from New Delhi, India, advances over Fairview High School from Boulder, Colorado.
   

• Homeschool Team from Salt Lake City, Utah, advances over North Allegheny Senior High School (Team C) from Wexford, Pennsylvania.
   

• Livingston High School from Livingston, New Jersey, advances over East Mountain High School from Sandia Park, New Mexico.
   

• Extraordinary Education Centre from Toronto, ON, Canada, advances over Coppell High School from Coppell, Texas.
   

• The Hockaday School from Dallas, Texas, advances over Cranbrook Senior School from Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia.
   

• Scottsdale Preparatory Academy from Scottsdale, Arizona, advances over Hawken School from Gates Mills, Ohio.
   

• Blue Valley High School from Stilwell, Kansas, advances over DuPont Manual High School from Louisville, Kentucky.
   

• Upper St. Clair High School from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, advances over Bentonville High School from Bentonville, Arkansas.
   

• The Davidson Academy of Nevada from Reno, Nevada, advances over Damien Memorial School from Honolulu, Hawaii.
   

• Ridge High School (Team B) from Basking Ridge, New Jersey, advances over Amity Regional High School (Team B) from Woodbridge, Connecticut. 
   

• Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts from West Palm Beach, Florida, advances over Bergen County Debate Club (Team A) from Fort Lee, New Jersey.
   

• St. Mark's School of Texas (Team C) from Dallas, Texas, advances over Whitmer High School (Team B) from Toledo, Ohio.
   

• Bergen County Debate Club (Team B) from Fort Lee, New Jersey, advances over Alpharetta High School from Alpharetta, Georgia.
   

• Potomac Oak from Rockville, Maryland, advances over C.S. Lewis Bilingual High School from Bratislava, Slovakia.
   

• Raffles Institution from Singapore advances over Cogdel Cranleign School from Hunan, China.
   

• Ivy Bridge Academy from Johns Creek, Georgia, advances over Union County Vocational Technical Schools from Scotch Plains, New Jersey.
   

• Whitmer High School (Team C) from Toledo, Ohio, advances over Harmony School of Innovation - Fort Worth from Fort Worth, Texas.
   

We would like to extend our congratulations to all of our Top 64 competitors. You produced outstanding pieces of written advocacy on a complex topic.

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The “Top 32” teams will continue to debate the topic, "Resolved: On balance, the hegemony of the United States dollar is detrimental to the world economy."

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