Lottery - as in random, by chance, without regard to intention
From The Times:
...[T]he first local authority-wide experiment of allocating places at oversubscribed schools by lottery has backfired.Figures to be published today by Brighton and Hove council will show that 22 per cent of children have missed out on their first choice of school this year, compared with just over 16 per cent under previous admissions rules. Its mission was to bring greater fairness and parental choice.
Whodathunkit, eh? It's a lottery.
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Letters From A Tory
March 4th, 2008 3:35pmThe reporting of this whole incident has been poor. An increase in the number of children missing their first-choice schools could just be a result of more people applying for particular schools, or applications coming in from a wider catchment area thanks to the lottery system.
Tiberius
March 4th, 2008 3:59pmThe article does appear to suggest that there is surprise at that increase. Do you laugh or cry? Does anyone lately of this planet, perhaps even John Prescott, really think you can satisfactorily decide school places by lottery? Would someone living in a Western democracy opt for Anarchy just because it's an imperfect system? Perhaps Brighton's courageous councillors would like to try it out.