www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images(NEW YORK) The U.S. Supreme Court will allow one of the nation s top public schools to move forward with a new admissions policy that critics say has "racial balancing" at its core.The closely watched case from Fairfax County in northern Virginia involves Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.For years, it s student body drawn from a race-blind process relying heavily on standardized tests was more than 70% Asian American. In 2020, school board officials shifted to a more holistic approach that has resulted in greater numbers of white, Hispanic and Black students enrolled. While fewer Asian American students were admitted, they still made up more than half the incoming class.A district court struck the policy because of alleged racial motivations of officials, but a narrowly divided appeals court reversed the decision and said it was permissible.A majority of Supreme Court justices voted to let that ruling stand; they did no
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