Some High Schools Avoid Valedictorians

NPR's Steve Inskeep:

Some high schools are getting rid of a senior class tradition — naming a valedictorian. They say that lowering competition among students is better for their overall success. Eden Prairie High School in Minnesota will graduate its last valedictorians this year. Next year, exceptional students will receive just an honors diploma.

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Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 4, 2007 8:34 PM
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