Schools to allocate places by lottery.
See also this previous BBC story, and Harry Brighouse's proposal.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
In about two weeks’ time, voters in the UK will be given an historic opportunity to change the electoral system. The referendum motion asks ...
-
As the dust settles after June’s referendum, it’s notable that the leaders of the Leave campaign ( Johnson , Gove , Farage , Leadsom ) ...
-
J. S. Mill argues that individuals should be able to engage in 'experiments in living' free from social pressures (provided that the...
Heh, I was going to fwd you the link, but I see you have a sharp eye :)
ReplyDeleteSee comment 4 here.
ReplyDeletehttp://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
ReplyDeleteThanks 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