{"id":189,"date":"2017-06-09T11:42:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T11:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hillheadhighenglish\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2017-06-09T11:42:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T11:42:19","slug":"debating","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hillheadhighenglish\/wider-achievement-mta\/debating\/","title":{"rendered":"Debating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>S4 Wider Achievement: Debating <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-190 alignright\" 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