Virginia High School Admissions Policy Upheld by Appeals Court

A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia, which critics say discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans. The ruling overturns a previous decision that found the Fairfax County School Board engaged in impermissible "racial balancing" when it overhauled the admissions policy at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. The new policy, which does not take race into account, aims to increase diversity at the school, which has historically had low representation of Black and Hispanic students.