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Justices to hear school admissions case

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case about the role race plays in middle school admissions, three years after a majority on the high court struck down affirmative action in college.

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  1. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Supreme Court to hear a new case on race and school admissions, this time in Maryland (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026.

  2. Bloomberg

    Supreme Court to Hear Claim of Bias in School Admissions Policy (opens Bloomberg)

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    The US Supreme Court agreed to consider making it easier to challenge public school admissions policies as racially discriminatory in a fresh test of educational diversity efforts.

  3. The Hill

    Supreme Court takes up new case over race and school admissions (opens The Hill)

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    The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to admissions policies at a suburban Maryland county’s competitive middle school, the justices announced Monday. It’s a key test of the court’s 2023 decision invalidating affirmative action in higher education admissions.

  4. SCOTUSblog

    Justices take up case on race and school admissions (opens SCOTUSblog)

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    The Supreme Court will hear oral argument early next year in Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education , a challenge to the process that a Maryland county uses to determine who will be admitted to a group of highly selective public magnet schools.

  5. The Daily Signal

    Supreme Court Takes Up Major New Battle Over Race in School Admissions (opens The Daily Signal)

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    The Supreme Court will hear another case on race-based admissions after previously curbing the practice in higher education. The high court on Monday announced it will take up the case of Association for Education Fairness v.

  6. Courthouse News Service

    Maryland magnet school pulls Supreme Court back into fight over race in admissions (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    After tackling the use of race in college admissions, the high court will consider how equal protection applies in the K-12 admissions context.

  7. Washington Examiner

    Supreme Court to review racial discrimination case over Maryland school admissions policy (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The Supreme Court will take up a case regarding alleged racial discrimination in the admissions policy for magnet middle schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, marking the latest lawsuit against the county’s schools to reach the high court in recent years.

  8. Reason

    Supreme Court Will Hear Case on "Facially Neutral" Discrimination Against Asian Students in Admissions to Public Magnet Schools (opens Reason)

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    The case arises as both right and left favor various forms of anti-Asian discrimination.

  9. NOTUS

    Supreme Court Revisits Race and School Admissions With a Maryland Case (opens NOTUS)

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    The justices will review a challenge to a Montgomery County policy from a coalition of Asian American parents.

  10. Bangor Daily News

    Supreme Court to hear case on race in middle school admissions (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case about the role race plays in middle school admissions, three years after a majority on the high court struck down affirmative action in college admissions.

  11. The Boston Globe

    Supreme Court to hear new case on race and school admissions (opens The Boston Globe)

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    A group of mostly Asian American parents sued the school system in Montgomery County in Maryland after it changed its admissions criteria, saying that the new rules unconstitutionally discriminated against Asian American students.

  12. Chalk Beat

    Supreme Court takes up case that could change how schools select students for magnet programs (opens Chalk Beat)

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    Montgomery County Public Schools made changes to the admissions policies for magnet programs at Eastern Middle School and three other schools.

  13. WTOP Washington DC

    Supreme Court to hear case on Montgomery County Public Schools’ admissions policy for magnet schools (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case alleging that Asian American students were effectively shut out of admissions to middle school magnet programs in Montgomery County Public Schools.

  14. FOX 5 DC

    Supreme Court to hear case on race in Maryland middle school admissions (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    The Supreme Court will hear a case about the role race plays in four Montgomery County middle school admissions.

  15. Al Jazeera

    US Supreme Court to hear case on race in school admissions (opens Al Jazeera)

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    A group of parents claims local admission policy boosts Black and Latino students while constraining Asian applicants.

  16. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Supreme Court to hear case involving race in school admissions (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider reviving a lawsuit against a Maryland county's lottery admissions policy for four elite public middle schools that some parents claim unlawfully discriminates against Asian American applicants.

  17. Hawaiitribune Herald

    US Supreme Court to hear Maryland case involving race in school admissions (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    Hawaiitribune Herald's feed description

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider reviving a lawsuit against a Maryland county’s lottery admissions policy for four elite public middle schools that some parents claim unlawfully discriminates against Asian American applicants.

  18. Latin Times

    Beyond Affirmative Action: The SCOTUS Case That Could Extend the Admissions Rollback Into K-12 Schools (opens Latin Times)

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    The Supreme Court will hear a Maryland magnet school admissions case that could restrict K-12 diversity tools and narrow pathways for Latino students nationwide.

  19. Reason

    Supreme Court Takes Up Accusations of Race-Based Middle School Admissions (opens Reason)

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    Supreme Court building

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  21. The Columbian

    Supreme Court to hear case on race, school admissions (opens The Columbian)

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    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would revisit the issue of race and school admissions, three years after it sharply restricted affirmative action in higher education.

  22. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Justices to hear school admissions case (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case about the role race plays in middle school admissions, three years after a majority on the high court struck down affirmative action in college.

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