Did you watch the movie? We know what needs to be done, and, in the end, it doesn't involve the lottery system. The lottery system, that the movie is describing, is just a product of creating equal opportunity for children to get into these new schools that are defying political and scocial class barriers. The lottery sytem shouldn't exist because all children should have the opportunity to obtain the education that the "reform schools" (good charter schools) are giving to the students. It's a bummer. The independent "reform schools" are blowing away those private schools in every aspect. It's not about poor kids getting into rich kid schools. Both parties are trying to fluff their way to an answer, while there are a few people who are actually making a difference. Taking a few lower class kids into private schools is just a very small bandaid on the big problem. As these new schools begin to defy the odds of educational standards, it's becoming more realistic to implement these programs into the public educational system.

I agree that the teachers union is inhibiting any potential reform, but what you described above is just another quick fix devised to make adults happy. It should be equal opportunity for the students, not the teachers. BOTH the teachers union and private eduaction are keeping that refrom happening. Letting a few poor kids into a private school primarily serves the purpose of comforting the republicans ego. Again, did you watch the movie?

KIPP schools:
http://www.kipp.org/about-kipp
These aren't the schools that the presidents kids are going to, but they are the schools that are having an 85% graduation rate. 85% of the students will go to college.