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Re: [Phys-L] Economist Kern Alexander Explains the Problem with School Choice



…and there are other highly successful national school systems that attribute a major part of their success
to _deliberately eliminating school choice_.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/

Dan M


Dan MacIsaac, Associate Professor of Physics, SUNY-Buffalo State College
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On Feb 3, 2013, at 9:29 PM, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:

On 02/03/2013 04:32 PM, LaMontagne, Bob wrote:
Choice may not fix the problem - but will it do harm to give people
choice if they want it?


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*) One well-known "choice" algorithm has been known for a couple
thousand years at least, namely the /lion's share/. That means
the lion gets to choose what he wants, and everybody else gets
the leftovers (if any).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion%27s_share

People who are accustomed to getting the lion's share think that
"choice" is a grrrreat idea. Other people, not so much.

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