There seems to be an odd incuriosity about whether charter school networks are living up to their long-standing goal: We will greatly increase the odds that your child will earn a college degree.
It was an early promise made to prospective parents by charter leaders. And now that some of the older charter networks have a sizable number of alumni who are six years out — the accepted time period for measuring how many earned bachelor’s degrees — it’s possible to start answering that question.