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EDUCATION

EDITORIAL
The Harvard College campus in 2013.
The Harvard affirmative action case has already been decided
The Supreme Court has asked the Biden administration to weigh in. But the answer should already be clear: Let the lower courts’ rulings stand.

EDITORIAL
Bunker Hill Community College. The differential in tuition for state community colleges like Bunker Hill averages $6,390 (for a 15-credit course load) for out-of-state students versus $3,300 for in-state students. Currently, undocumented immigrant students who have lived in the state for most of their lives must pay the same tuition as international students.
Immigrant students merit a tuition break
Massachusetts lags behind some Republican states in granting undocumented high school grads lower rates to attend college.

EDITORIAL
Mayor Janey spoke at City Hall on June 16 to announce next steps for the Boston School Committee and share a COVID-19 update afternoon.
Who covered up the Boston School Committee texts?
The public had every right to see text messages between school committee members on the night of a controversial exam school vote, but the city withheld them.

Morgan Brewton-Johnson
March for Black Student Demands on April 7 at the University of Richmond.
Universities shouldn’t rely on Black student activists for equity solutions
Relying on a particular demographic of students to deliver solutions that fall squarely under the job descriptions of university administration isn’t listening and learning, it’s lazy.

Magda Hernandez
Boston Latin School
BPS shouldn’t permanently eliminate entrance exam
A well-designed, curricula-aligned admission exam offers an objective measure of a student’s elementary and middle school preparation.

RENÉE GRAHAM
People talk before the start of a rally against "critical race theory" (CRT) being taught in schools, at the Loudoun County Government Center in Leesburg, Va., on June 12.
How white supremacy weaponizes ignorance
Racists have always understood that if they can censor what people learn, they can control what people believe.

Annissa Essaibi George
Nya Rhane Christian Sena walks a makeshift red carpet in the back of Madison Park Technical Vocational High School's parking lot for her graduation in June 2020.
Let’s make Madison Park the gem it should be
It’s time Boston have the tough conversations, make the necessary investments, and give it some polish to make that a reality.

LETTERSAn old, pervasive problem has gone unchecked
Kudos to Laura Krantz for highlighting numerous problems with college mental health policies during COVID (“In first year at an Ivy, a tragic loneliness" (June 6).

IDEAS | ERIC FISHMAN
Two of the author's students learn the waltz in class, before the pandemic.
Grieving a school year unlike any other
I always dread the end-of-year goodbyes, but in the wake of remote learning, it feels like we’ve barely said hello.

LETTERS
Former Boston School Committee chair Alexandra Oliver-Dávila. Oliver-Dávila and Lorna Rivera both resigned from the School Committee after the revelation of controversial text messages they exchanged at a public hearing in October.
Divisions exposed in School Committee controversy
Readers respond to the Boston School committee controversy over the resignations of committee members Lorna Rivera and Alexandra Oliver-Dávila .