City’s Elite Schools Defeat Race Bias Suit

New York’s highest court threw out a suit alleging discrimination against Black and Latino students in admissions to New York City’s most elite public schools, allowing the schools to continue a screening process that’s become a polarizing political issue.

The Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the suing students failed to adequately allege discriminatory intent behind the admissions policies, my colleague Chris Dolmetsch reports.

The suit sought an end to the screening process for the gifted and talented program. Students compete for access to gifted programs as early as kindergarten through testing and interviews. According to the plaintiffs, the system ...