Of course, merely being admitted to SEED, or any other school for that matter, is not the only way for DaShawn or other children from tough economic situations to go further in life.
At the same time, statistics suggest that it is more likely. School figures show that 96 percent of SEED graduates from 2004 through 2010 had been accepted into four-year colleges and universities.
Further, a small but emergent body of research suggests that enrollment in charter schools, such as SEED, does increase a student’s chance of graduating from high school and going on to college.
