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Lotteries for Education : Origins, Experiences, Lessons.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Sortition and Public PolicyPublisher: Luton, Bedfordshire : Andrews UK Ltd., 2010Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (235 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781845406554
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lotteries for EducationDDC classification:
  • 379.1110941
LOC classification:
  • LB2825 -- .B69 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Publisher Information -- List of Examples of Lotteries for Educational Places -- Introduction -- Lotteries for Education -- Part I -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Part II -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Part III -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Part IV -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Also Available.
Summary: Lotteries are widely used to decide places (seats) at schools, colleges and universities. Conall Boyle explores many examples to find out why. The emotional turmoil that the use of ballots can cause to students and parents alike is graphically described. But lottery selection teaches lessons too; now we can find proper answers to controversial questions like "Does choice work?" This book will be of interest to parents, pupils and teachers as well as educational administrators. Any student applying for admission to a university course should learn about the amazing weighted lottery for entry to medical schools in the Netherlands. There is a better way: it's a lottery!.
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Cover -- Contents -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Publisher Information -- List of Examples of Lotteries for Educational Places -- Introduction -- Lotteries for Education -- Part I -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Part II -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Part III -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Part IV -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Also Available.

Lotteries are widely used to decide places (seats) at schools, colleges and universities. Conall Boyle explores many examples to find out why. The emotional turmoil that the use of ballots can cause to students and parents alike is graphically described. But lottery selection teaches lessons too; now we can find proper answers to controversial questions like "Does choice work?" This book will be of interest to parents, pupils and teachers as well as educational administrators. Any student applying for admission to a university course should learn about the amazing weighted lottery for entry to medical schools in the Netherlands. There is a better way: it's a lottery!.

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