{"id":231928,"date":"2025-10-22T13:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/231928\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:09:08","slug":"after-years-of-controversy-tdsb-ends-lottery-system-for-specialty-schools-and-programs-drawing-praise-criticism-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/231928\/","title":{"rendered":"After years of controversy, TDSB ends lottery system for specialty schools and programs, drawing praise, criticism &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgJBVV95cUxQZTdkWXdNN2xzcXhwV1RCTVZfaFVBanNYclY5RDlmYVpJNTVrand2NV9WVkZmbWFCc3JKeG1LQWpiRXhKTzMxOC1lQzhkYkpaM25fTTBTQi13U1k4Wk1CX3ZSSkpCekU3SE40d1V0VE15RWNqUGJidjBFdkt1cUxKbU1XSDU4elhCbHdJNEQ0RzdXUXVtZWhkT1MzWFVMNURWeXBmUjV0UTQtYVo4OG4wR0diSmlpbGx5SlNoMU9FaFFPYTdpaE5YSHIyaXBncVJoZjQyZzkxUktBYllJX2RzRTFMYlQ5Ry1PYjhDaW5sUlNXdEFtWXhjZUtxOHJVdDZoaDZpcFc4cThPOWhscUVER01R?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">After years of controversy, TDSB ends lottery system for specialty schools and programs, drawing praise, criticism<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1wFBVV95cUxQMFpCVDJMNmNhX3BTLVYxbkZZeWJFNWwwMDVyVlJETFpHSl90S00yVVp2OUx3YmwzYjU3Sl9BZnliXzVnZDJReUVrcnZRN3l6MUZjcFVnR2p3RHZ1ekJ6MHFvckt3VndHZmVvRDNjaWlwZzBERURMYWlkTXZsbm9FRVd5YmFOYkNwSm5USlFJbVI1YU5pVnFsTWJPMjFOZk1obElIZFpHeE5YclZ4MkpnZ0Z2RFpNS0dzelhUXzl1dHVRRjNOSWxKMUk2R2M1UFROTXZpckp3aw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TDSB scrapping lottery for specialized programs, will switch to merit-based admissions process<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CP24<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigJBVV95cUxOMmpiSmFUZzRramtYTExZMUxubGwxNmZuWFJWNVE5bXFWNlMzS2ZEN0Q0TWNzRVlqUjh5QmJSWmtzMlZDdHpqRldoNElvaURDUDIzMVJ0ZXVPQnRpRnZtSWRCQThXZDNwTWJOWk80OXBPZWM0X2ZWSk5qenpjcmktUGI2QUVfdkNDaE1fMS1lSWhYZy13U09LRW5xLXpNdVhDR19ORi0xMThrdzBtcDIwZ24tYlZKODNUM2hieTNNODBVckwxQUNRbV9HSW5hLVhDY01GRVo0RWRYRzRVSlczOTVUNHd0X3V4UkkwMmEtRVpIYk1PMlN4LVBzazA5bzczM0pCWVhYRXVUdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Are TDSB lotteries a failed experiment or a fairer system?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxNdWtCcDJKU0pTdWQwOTk2UmllRTkyNlYwR2VwS2hGMGVha3FySzJzejEtZ0Z1MlQwTXRlUUp4LV9PY1JrZDNXVnVBV3BqczNna3oteUkwR0k4S1lqLUxTa01UY09OMVNFb04xanhITXE1NXoxNzBxWkt0N1owREs4TFpzcndBckJ1bDNSTGZySFJVMlBNWUp6S3VSUWMzdXRzYWlid1dGVktfLUx1SnpORnAtU3VDUnY0OUJHUlNrdWJqa25uZE1TM0xjdjM2ZzJsM3MzUUlFRHBCQkd6bHluSDhwMUQ0UDBvZVRzM0RDTkhHVUwzZWkwWmV6M0VCUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">After years of controversy, TDSB ends lottery system for specialty schools and programs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After years of controversy, TDSB ends lottery system for specialty schools and programs, drawing praise, criticism&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto StarTDSB scrapping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-231928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}