> segregation (since poorer people both tend to be minorities and tend to not have capacity/time to jump through lottery hoops)

charter schools tend to have _more_ minority students than public schools. eg in philadelphia, charter schools are 80% black/hispanic versus 71% for the public schools. nationwide they are 60% black/hispanic vs 42% for public schools (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/06/06/us-public...). they're also generally lower income than public schools.

this is not super surprising because families with money already get school selection within public systems by virtue of spending more to live in better catchments.

i don't really have an opinion on charter schools being good or bad, but at least from what i've seen their primary audience is lower income families (often minorities) who look at their local public school and decide it's not good enough.

Aye. This is captured in the next sentence, perhaps the phrasing was not clear:

> With careful planning and policy structure, perhaps good charter schools could overcome their entrance bias

It is good when they do, and it is easy to go awry.