"We picked schools that were similar to UC Santa Barbara in size and demographics, but also that were across different state lines," Kozinsky explained.
Like a pension sponsor looking to put assets with winning portfolio managers, Klein and his crew want to pick school operators (or traditional school principals) that can reliably move poor students ahead.
We had the same "top pick" school and she had just received her response the envelope was thin.
Charter schools are an attempt to give working-class parents the same choices that wealthier families have in picking schools.
"By applying to so many schools, I will have more options and hopefully will be able to pick schools that offer me the most money," Samulak added.
Location matters dramatically when it comes to picking schools.
With free schools increasingly appearing on local authority school application forms, it could mean some parents who have picked the school for their child end up severely inconvenienced.
"It just so happened I picked the school with 10".
That's one of the reasons I picked the school I go to.
Even celebrity authors like Ken Auletta and Martin Amis sat with anxious faces like children waiting to be picked for school teams.
