Politics and Education

Meritocracy in Education

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/01/05/a-battle-over-gifted-education-is-brewing-in-america

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/12/opinion/meritocracy-tests-education.html

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/an-american-dilemma-stuyvesant-high-school/

GMU economist Tyler Cowen notes:

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-09-23/harvard-s-legacies-are-nothing-to-be-proud-of

“Non-meritocratic admissions not only corrode the ideals of those who want to become part of supposedly great American institutions. They also give the rest of us less faith in the institutions that supposedly make America great.”

Related:

https://vivekjayakumar.blogspot.com/2019/06/meritocracy-in-academics.html