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...What’s the point of having people list schools and calling the process ‘School Choice’ if there is no choice in the matter,” Traietti said. “How are we to know that we have to ‘play’ the process by what schools to list...
...Pathak ’02, an assistant professor of economics at MIT, presented his recommendations for amending the “first choice maximization” algorithm that currently determines assignment. According to Pathak, changing the system will reduce the gambling involved in the process, increase transparency in school assignment, and up the level of parental satisfaction...
Currently, applicants with siblings and those within a certain proximity are given priority in school choice. In cases when all these factors are similar, a lottery system is used as a tie breaker...
Pathak suggested that the process should allow “seat swapping.” In this algorithm, students can either keep their assignment if it is truly their top choice school, or request a trade...
...want a system that people think is fair and they can participate in,” Pathak said. “The primary goal of the new algorithm, school committee members agree, is to ‘level the playing field...