This is the money quote about lottery: "In a world-historic irony, the main effect of this “solution” will be to drastically limit the number of Asian students

This is the money quote about lottery: "In a world-historic irony, the main effect of this “solution” will be to drastically limit the number of Asian students, while drastically increasing (!!!) the number of White students. The proportion of Black and Hispanic students is projected to increase a bit but remain small. Let me say that one more time: in practice, TJHS’s move from a standardized test to a lottery will be overwhelmingly pro-White, anti-Asian, and anti-immigrant; only as a much smaller effect will it be pro-underrepresented-minority." Personally speaking I went a competitive college where many of my classmates were from such H.S., they really were a cut above in terms of math and science. Of course I don't think STEM is the end-all-be-all, and I don't think getting rid of TJHSST is going to solve the country-wide equity problem due to race. But if there's sports magnet schools like Montverde and Sierra Canyon, then maybe there could a be a place like TJHSST and such?