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Schools to allocate places by lottery.
See also this previous BBC story, and Harry Brighouse's proposal.
posted by Ben @ 9:21 am
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
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3 Comments:
Heh, I was going to fwd you the link, but I see you have a sharp eye :)
See comment 4 here.
http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/04/why-lotteries-shouldnt-harm-the-poor/
Threats to kill 'soru' on facebook to be forthcoming?
That's: http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/04/why-lotteries-shouldnt-harm-the-poor/#comment-188720
Thanks for bringing it to my attention Rob, but it's not really treading on my toes - and in any case it's already been proposed by Andrew Rehfeld:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Concept-Constituency-Representation-Democratic-Institutional/dp/0521849845/ref=sr_1_1/026-3616520-1206066?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173266025&sr=8-1
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