tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8888848804347928571.post1087528809965535323..comments2024-02-25T06:41:19.588+00:00Comments on Conor's Commentary: Making admissions a lotteryConor Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457628816008082005noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8888848804347928571.post-13088191577942943372010-03-09T22:58:35.684+00:002010-03-09T22:58:35.684+00:00Lotteries do have the virtue of fairness - but how...Lotteries do have the virtue of fairness - but how do you square that with encouraging schools to develop specialisms in performing arts, technology etc rather that being 'bog standard'? Tough if your child has a passion for maths but rather than going to a school with such a specialism across the road, s/he gets assigned to a school that specialises in languages several miles away! And has anyone calculated the social and environmental costs of bussing children across town to randomly-determined destinations? Must be a massive and avoidable carbon footprint compared to going to nearest schools. Don't the Scots do things better?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com