IT IS DISTRESSING to watch the debate over Boston exam school admissions divide the city. The focus on how to allocate a fixed number of seats has created a zero-sum battle that is pitting neighborhood against neighborhood and racial and ethnic groups against one another. The policy discussion needs to be reframed around providing more […]
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Boston exam schools face court test
HERE WE GO again. More than two decades after federal lawsuits forced Boston to ditch admission policies that set aside seats for black and Latino students at the city’s selective-entry 7-12 grade public schools, the issue of how students are admitted to the three schools is back in court. An organization representing Asian American and […]