Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on Race and Public School Admissions

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that could make it easier to challenge public school admissions policies as racially discriminatory. The justices will review a lawsuit alleging that Maryland's largest school district, Montgomery County, discriminates against Asian-American applicants to its magnet middle schools. This case represents a fresh test of educational diversity efforts and could extend the implications of the Supreme Court's 2023 decision that barred universities from using race in admissions for the sake of diversity.