When it comes to competitive admissions, ED only works when an applicant is well-qualified for the school but risks getting rejected or the WL in the RD round because there are more well-qualified applicants than there are admissions slots. Thus, the first rule in strategizing about ED 1 and ED 2 is that the applicant has to be well qualified for the school. Without a hook, a TO applicant with a B+/A- average is underqualified for both Cornell and Tufts, so OP’s proposed strategy is not going to work. OP’s kid can use their ED advantage to get into a competitive school, but it has to be schools that are less rejective than Cornell and Tufts.
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