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title: New study of suburban charter middle schools misses point
description: "NEWS:the74: Opinion - study misses point about low-income, minority charter grads and college success"
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# [New study of suburban charter middle schools misses point](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/new-study-of-suburban-charter-middle-schools-misses-point)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 04/10/19

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.

[Read the full article here.](https://www.the74million.org/article/whitmire-new-study-of-suburban-charter-middle-schools-misses-point-again-about-low-income-minority-charter-grads-and-college-success/?utm_source=The+74+Million+Newsletter&utm_campaign=1c22e58be4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_04_12_40&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_077b986842-1c22e58be4-176269889)

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