The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to hear a challenge involving admissions policies at four selective middle schools in Montgomery County, Maryland. Parents challenging the policy argue that a nominally race-neutral admissions system was intentionally designed to increase Black and Latino enrollment at the expense of Asian American applicants. Lower courts rejected the challenge; the Supreme Court will now consider how courts should evaluate claims of discriminatory intent involving race-neutral admissions policies.
Associated Press — Supreme Court takes selective-school admissions case