Lowell High School in San Francisco, Calif. is an elite public school that has served for decades as a magnet for high-achieving eighth-graders across the city’s demographic groups and neighborhoods. School board members have scrapped its competitive entrance exam in favor of a random lottery. (Wikimedia Commons)
Lowell High School in San Francisco, Calif. is an elite public school that has served for decades as a magnet for high-achieving eighth-graders across the city’s demographic groups and neighborhoods. School board members have scrapped its competitive entrance exam in favor of a random lottery. (Wikimedia Commons)