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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]But the posts above about fixed number of seats are just missing the point. 
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we can take the posts above about “make all the schools better!!!” and draw an analogy to the NBA lottery.

While some of us are discussing how the lottery might be tweaked to improve it, the “schools all better” crowd is basically saying
“MAKE ALL THE PLAYERS BETTER ... IF WE HAD 100 KOBE BRYANTS IN EVERY LOTTERY THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR A LOTTERY!!!!!”

Well, yes, that is true.  Noted.[/quote]

Given limited resources, putting resources toward improving schools has better outcomes that putting resources toward fixing the lottery. (I think you are saying that too, no?) The analogy isn't Kobe Bryant, it's clean drinking water. Everybody should have it. [/quote]

1. Yes we should direct resources into improving schools.  The lottery is fun to talk about here but money should go to schools.
2. The analogy IS Kobe Bryant because the lottery apportions limited resources.  Everyone can have clean drinking water (at least in cities who unlike Flint are not ruled by Republican governors that care more about billionaires’ tax cuts than healthy children. DC was the guinea pig for this corrosion problem. But now we know all about it.) But good schools are always going to be somewhat competitive to enter.  There’s always going to be at least one school with more applicants than seats. [/quote]

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