There should be no “best school.” There should be no “good schools” and “bad school.”
There should be universal, excellent public education (just like there should universal, excellent healthcare).
Why spend so many words arguing that an entrance exam is the only way to protect the “best high school” when you could be arguing that we should move to a world where TJ is viewed as the minimum standard?
That's the ideal. But the reality is that good schools can only exist in areas where parents value education and are able to provide safe, stable environments for their children. Unfortunately that situation doesn't exist in much of the US and public schools can't solve the fundamental problems.
There should be universal, excellent public education (just like there should universal, excellent healthcare).
Why spend so many words arguing that an entrance exam is the only way to protect the “best high school” when you could be arguing that we should move to a world where TJ is viewed as the minimum standard?