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title: "Study: Students Who Attend Charter High School More Likely to Vote, Less Likely to Commit Crime"
description: NEWS:New study says charter high school students are more likely to register and vote
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# [Study: Students Who Attend Charter High School More Likely to Vote, Less Likely to Commit Crime](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/study-students-who-attend-charter-high-school-more-likely-to-vote-less-likely-to-commit-crime)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 08/14/19

Researchers attempting to gauge the success of charter schools tend to focus on hard academic metrics: proficiency in fourth-grade reading, for example, or test scores in eighth-grade math, and achievement gaps between white and minority students.

But a recent study attempts to broaden that conversation, tracing charter schools’ effects beyond the classroom to issues such as voting and criminal behavior.

The study, released in June, found that eighth-grade students in traditional public schools in North Carolina who transitioned to a charter high school had more positive behavioral outcomes than their peers who went on to a district high school.

[Read the full story here.](https://www.the74million.org/study-students-who-attend-charter-high-school-more-likely-to-vote-less-likely-to-commit-crime/) 

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