US Supreme Court to hear case on race in school admissions

A group of parents claims local admission policy boosts Black and Latino students while constraining Asian applicants.Published On 20 Oct 202620 Oct 2026The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about the role of race in admissions to selective Maryland middle schools after a group of parents claimed policies discriminated against Asian students in favour of Black and Latino students.The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear the parents’ plea on four academically rigorous “magnet” schools in Montgomery County, a suburb on the outskirts of Washington, DC, in the neighbouring state of Maryland.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US Supreme Court hears challenge to air force UXO detonations in Guamlist 2 of 3US Supreme Court agrees to hear watchdog case on Elon Musk’s DOGE recordslist 3 of 3Trump administration sues California over noncitizens on voter rollsend of listThe high court said it would weigh whether the parent group has enough evidence of discrimination for the case to move forward.Lower courts previously dismissed the case because Asian-American students were not underrepresented at the specialised-curriculum schools compared with the pool of stu...