The Brewer Foundation and New York University are proud to announce the “Top 32” teams for the 23rd annual International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) – the first and only contest that gives high school students around the world the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on issues of public policy.

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Results of the Top 64 Round

 

• Rowland Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah, advances over Jasper High School, Plano, Texas. 
   

• Brentwood College School (Team 1), Mill Bay, BC, Canada, advances over Miramonte High School, Orinda, California. 
   

• Grand Oaks High School, Spring, Texas, advances over Concordia International School Shanghai, China.
   

• Kealakehe High School (Team 1), Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, advances over Notio Solutions, Houston, Texas.
   

• Colegio Bilingue New Horizons, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, advances over Brentwood College School (Team 2), Mill Bay, BC, Canada.
   

• Blue Valley High School, Stilwell, Kansas, advances over Pine-Richland High School, Gibsonia, Pennsylvania.
   

• Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California, advances over Kealakehe High School (Team 2), Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
   

• Ivy Bridge Academy, Johns Creek, Georgia, advances over Bellevue School District, Bellevue, Washington.
   

• West Anchorage High School, Anchorage, Alaska, advances over duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky.
   

• Webb City High School, Webb City, Missouri, advances over Leaders Academy, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
   

• Dialogy, Shanghai, China, advances over East Ridge High School, Woodbury, Minnesota.
   

• Dallas Urban Debate Alliance, Dallas, Texas, advances over FAU High School, Boca Raton, Florida.
   

• Hathaway Brown School, Chandler, Arizona, advances over Oak Park High School, Oak Park, California.
   

• Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona, advances over Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Republic of Korea. 
   

• Oswego East High School, Oswego, Illinois, advances over Millburn High School (Team 1), Millburn, New Jersey
   

• Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia, advances over Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, Colorado. 
   

• EEC Debate, Toronto, BC, Canada, advances over Mountain View-Los Altos Speech and Debate, Mountain View, California.
   

• Davidson Academy of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, advances over Solon High School, Solon, Ohio. 
   

• Cornerstone Collegiate Academy, Seoul, Republic of Korea, advances over Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri.
   

• Kealakehe High School (Team 3), Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, advances over Akademeia High School, Warsaw, Poland.
   

• BC Forensic League, Langley, BC, Canada, advances over Pine-Richland High School, Gibsonia, Pennsylvania.
   

• Coppell High School, Coppell, Texas, advances over St. Mark's School of Texas (ABLS), Dallas, Texas.
   

• Nova 42 Academy, Pasadena, California, advances over Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas.
   

• Hebron High School, Carrollton, Texas, advances over Saigon South International School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
   

• Chengdu Shude High School, Chengdu, China, advances over Hobby School of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
   

• Break Debate, Greenwich, Connecticut, advances over Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, New Jersey.
   

• Damien Memorial School, Honolulu, Hawaii, advances over AfterSkool Learning Centre, Singapore.
   

• Stamford High School, Stamford, Connecticut, advances over Wasatch Independent Debate, Woods Cross, Utah.
   

• BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona, advances over Millburn High School (Team 2), Millburn, New Jersey.
   

• Bergen Debate Club, Fort Lee, New Jersey, advances over Potomac Oak, Rockville, Maryland.
   

• Westwood High School, Austin, Texas, advances over St. Mark's School of Texas (GMBPK), Dallas, Texas.
   

• Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, California, advances over Novi High School, Novi, Michigan.

 

Congratulations to all of our Top 64 teams. The judges were impressed with your written advocacy. 

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The "Top 32" teams will continue to debate the topic, "Resolved: Governments should provide a universal basic income." 

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