More top students of color should be admitted at Baltimore County magnet schools, NAACP leader says

The president of the Randallstown NAACP is demanding that Baltimore County Schools admit the top 10% of eighth grade students of color into its top magnet programs. In a nine-page letter to the school board and Superintendent Darryl Williams, chapter president Ryan Coleman identified what he said are ways to improve academic achievement for students of color and low-income students. His letter comes amid drops in Maryland achievement scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress and signs that the U.S. Supreme Court may bar colleges from considering race when making admissions decisions.