Debating Eighth-Grade Graduations

Are the ceremonies a good way to recognize success in school? Or do they waste money and send the wrong message? Transcript of radio broadcast:
02 July 2008

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

In the United States, middle school is the period between elementary school and eighth grade. Often this is a difficult period of change for children. If all goes well, four years later, they are high school graduates.


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