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Commentary By Wai Wah Chin

The Equity Delusion and Its Marxist Roots

Education Pre K-12

The high school scandal in Northern Virginia is sure to keep spreading. It started when Asra Nomani broke the story that top-ranked Thomas Jefferson High School (TJ) in Virginia has been hiding National Merit Award notifications from students for years. This is highly injurious, as many colleges recruit National Merit Award recipients, and often grant them scholarships – a benefit that TJ denied its own standout students. 

The ensuing investigation launched by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares now covers 17 high schools in 3 countiesParents Defending Education also revealed that TJ omitted the prized “honors” designation from the college application transcripts of 2,000 of its top students. Why did these schools engage in such subterfuge against their highest-achieving students? 

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Wai Wah Chin is the founding president of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York.

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