{"id":"d7ba5a19-0e98-4126-be3c-cf53f64389ac","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/supreme-court-asian-american-montgomery-county-washington-maryland-b3069534.html","domain":"independent.co.uk","outlet":{"name":"The Independent","country":"GB","cred":3,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"Supreme Court to hear case on race in middle school admissions","plainHeadline":"Supreme Court will hear case on race in middle school admissions","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about race in middle school admissions.","The case challenges Montgomery County, Maryland four magnet schools' policy.","Plaintiffs claim the policy boosts Black and Latino students while disadvantaging Asian Americans.","Policy changes over a decade included poverty weighting and removing an extra in-person exam.","Court to decide if there is enough evidence of discrimination to move forward."],"topics":["Politics","Education"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T20:32:40.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-19T21:01:03.221Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/517e1627-695f-4c4e-ab8f-296ef655d1f5","storyId":"517e1627-695f-4c4e-ab8f-296ef655d1f5","image":null,"author":"Moriah Balingit","dek":"The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about race in middle school admissions"}