Supreme Court Allows Selective High School Diversity Policy (1)

A divided U.S. Supreme Court let a selective Northern Virginia public school keep using an admissions policy adopted to add more racial and socioeconomic diversity to its student body.

The justices refused Monday to block Thomas Jefferson High School’s year-old policy, challenged by a community group as discriminating against Asian-American applicants. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented. Neither they nor the court as a whole gave any explanation.

The case tested what steps schools and universities can take to ensure racial diversity in their classrooms. The Fairfax County School Board said it is using race-neutral methods ...