High School Poses New Race and Admissions Challenge for Justices

The US Supreme Court is being asked to hear a fight over the admissions policy at an elite Virginia high school that a coalition of parents and students in the district say unconstitutionally discriminates against Asian American applicants.

It appears to be the first case to test the bounds of the court’s decision in June to effectively end the use of race as a factor in college admissions. While the case is centered on admissions at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, it challenges the kind of race-neutral policy colleges and universities may choose to adopt following the ...