The Affirmative Action Fight Comes to High Schools

Yesterday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case against Boston’s School Committee. But the underlying issue will not be going away.

Like many major cities, Boston runs special high schools for high-ability students, known there as “exam schools.” And like their counterparts elsewhere, Boston’s education officials have grown increasingly uncomfortable with the fact that Asian and white kids disproportionately test into these schools while black and Hispanic children are underrepresented.