ALL EYES IN the higher education world are on the Supreme Court, which is expected to rule any day on whether universities can use race as a factor in admissions […]
Boston Latin School
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Are exam schools really an academic promised land?
AFTER MONTHS OF debate amid heightened attention to racial justice issues, the Boston School Committee approved sweeping changes on Wednesday night to admission rules for the city’s three selective-entry 7-12 […]
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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 […]
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Organization slams Boston use of its test for exam school admission
THE COMPANY RESPONSIBLE for the test used to determine admission to Boston’s three exam schools says it will no longer make the test available to the district because it was […]
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Latin School leadership lessons
When the city moved to mayoral control of the Boston Public Schools more than two decades ago, it brought clarity to one central issue that has bedeviled struggling urban districts […]
