Philly Parents Revive Suit After Equity-Focused School Review

Philadelphia school parents convinced an appeals court to vacate and remand their district court loss in their campaign to revise admissions practices in the city’s top high schools that the parents allege discriminate based on race.

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit found Monday that a “reasonable factfinder” could conclude that a new admissions policy—allegedly prompted by the killing of George Floyd as part of anti-racism effort to review school actions through an “equity lens"—had a “discriminatory purpose and impact.” Black and Hispanic students’ chances of admission to the district’s four selective “criteria-based” schools increased, while Asian ...