Edge Seen for Chicago Charter High Schools

Graduation and college-going rates higher than regular public schools'

A first-of-its-kind analysis suggests that in Chicago, at least, charter school students are more likely to graduate from high school and enroll in college than similar students in regular public high schools.

Released May 7 by researchers from the RAND Corp., Mathematica, and Florida State University in Tallahassee, the study

But it also finds that, at the elementary and middle school level, students in Chicago’s charter schools don’t appear to make any greater learning gains than their peers...