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Elite public schools that rely on entry exams fail the diversity test

  • Written by Jake Murray, Faculty Director for Professional Education, BU School of Education, Boston University
imageStuyvesant High School students arrive on the first day in 2015.AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

The jewels in many an urban school district’s crown are their exam schools, competitive public schools that base enrollment on test scores. With a school like New York’s Stuyvesant, Boston Latin or Walter Payton (in Chicago) on their transcript,...

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