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Why Middle School Should Be Abolished

School’s Out

They do a terrible job of educating kids, especially the ones who need it most.

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America should do away with middle schools, which are educational wastelands. We need to cut the middle out of middle schools, either by combining them with the guidance and nurturing that children find in elementary school, or with the focus on adult success that we expect from our high schools.

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