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Michael Zwaagstra: School Board Shouldn’t Let Non-Graduating Students Walk Across the Stage

Michael Zwaagstra: School Board Shouldn’t Let Non-Graduating Students Walk Across the Stage
An Ottawa school board plans to replace high school graduation ceremonies with “commencement” ceremonies open to all students, including those who haven’t completed their high school credits and aren’t graduating.Shutterstock
Michael Zwaagstra
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Who should participate in a high school graduation ceremony? If you said, “students who have graduated,” then you live in the world of common sense. However, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) thinks traditional high school graduation ceremonies aren’t inclusive enough. Why? Because they exclude the students who didn’t complete all their high school credits.

Michael Zwaagstra
Michael Zwaagstra
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Michael Zwaagstra is a public high school teacher and a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute. He is the author of “A Sage on the Stage: Common Sense Reflections on Teaching and Learning.”