This article in the New York Times debates the pros and cons of 8th-grade graduation ceremonies. In recent years, that benchmark has become more extravagant, says the article, which could send the ...

Graduating eighth graders aren’t too old for teddy bears! Memorialize their big moment with a sweet stuffie. This adorable 10-inch teddy graduation bear on Amazon is detailed with a diploma, blue cap ...

Millions of high school seniors are claiming their diplomas, but that spring ritual is clouded by a persistent debate: Are the nation’s record-setting graduation rates inflated by quick-fix practices ...

WHEN my dad was divvying up treasures to give to us kids in the last years of his life, he chose for me the gold wristwatch my mother received for her 8th-grade graduation in 1926. It was made by the ...