[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Private schools, when they are better, are better because they can pick and choose which students they want.

The Crown Heights charter schools prove that wrong.

Same kids, same demographics, no picking and choosing as the slots are awarded by lottery.

And yet the kids in the charter school shine and those in the public school do not.

I know it is fashionable to blame the students but a good 75% at least is the teachers and their methods.

[A_perfect_lady]

Can the kids be kicked out if they sell drugs in school or start fires?

[Trailerpark Badass]

This lottery, it includes all eligible students, or only those whose parents apply?

If the latter, then it has already been selective.

[Trailerpark Badass]

I don’t blame the kids, I blame the parents. If you can’t get your kid through at least elementary school, no matter how bad the teachers, you failed.