EduShyster here dissects the charter waiting list brouhaha.

Charter advocates wave big numbers around to prove to legislators that the state or district needs more charters.

But they also spend big money to generate demand so they can conduct a lottery, which is a marketing tool.

When a neighborhood school closes, children must apply to enter the charter and may be rejected.

The neighborhood school has doors open to all, no lottery, no exclusionary policies, no waiting list.