"What's wrong with creating schools that serve one group of students well, and don't serve other students?" The politics surrounding education. Is there an un

"What's wrong with creating schools that serve one group of students well, and don't serve other students?" The politics surrounding education. Is there an underrepresented minority at your school? Are there more men than women? Basically, if your school is dividing students by anything other than age, and if applicants are selected by something other than a lottery, politics will kill you (but never mind that college admissions, which seem to be a goal of some charter schools, are not based on lotteries or on age groups; politics is not supposed to make sense, right?). [Edit: there are exceptions, of course; I attended a public high school that screened applicants with a test. In general, though, it is hard for a public school to be selective, because public schools are subject to political pressures.]