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The school's policy had dispensed with a rigorous entrance examination and prioritized admission to the top students from each public middle school in the area rather than the top applicants from any school.

Huntington and Cabell County got another day in court, when a federal appeals panel in Richmond, Va., heard oral arguments in their lawsuit over the flood of pills that devastated

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Two federal appeals judges confessed during oral arguments Tuesday that they weren’t familiar with a rock musician known for the 1977 song “Cat Scratch Fever.”

Parents and students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology this week asked the Supreme Court to hear their challenge to the institution's admissions policy, arguing it discriminates against Asian American students.

'Urgency to address these issues now'

Parents, backed by a legal foundation, say admissions standards at Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia are not truly “race neutral.”

If the U.S. Supreme Court restricts the consideration of race in college admissions, there is another looming issue: whether schools can use race-neutral tools that boost diversity.

The justices will soon rule on race-conscious admissions plans at Harvard and U.N.C. A new appeals court case asks whether schools can use race-neutral tools to achieve racial diversity.

The latest update is part of an ongoing legal battle between the Fairfax County School Board and the Coalition for Thomas Jefferson High School