Fix Race-Neutral Bias

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge by parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, to magnet middle school admissions rules that set different test-score thresholds across school clusters. The policy followed a review of racial disparities and has coincided with Asian American enrollment falling at one school from 58.2% to 30.3%. A federal appeals court dismissed the parents’ case because Asian American enrollment had not fallen below their share of applicants; the parents argue the Constitution protects students as individuals, regardless of group-level outcomes.

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