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Virtual Charter Students Have Worse Labor Market Outcomes as Young Adults

Paul Yoo,
Thurston Domina,
Andrew McEachin,
Leah Clark,
Hannah Hertenstein,
Andrew M. Penner

Virtual charter schools are increasingly popular, yet there is no research on the long-term outcomes of virtual charter students. We link statewide education records from Oregon with earnings information from IRS records housed at the US Census Bureau to provide evidence on how virtual charter students fare as young adults. Virtual charter students have substantially worse high school graduation rates, college enrollment rates, bachelor's degree attainment, employment rates, and earnings than students in traditional public schools. Although there is growing demand for virtual charter schools, our results suggest that students who enroll in virtual charters may face negative long-term consequences.

Keywords
virtual charter schools, young adult outcomes
Education level
K-12 Education
Topics
Pathways to and Through Postsecondary
Tags
Charter schools,
Human capital,
College readiness
Download 05/2023
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Document Object Identifier (DOI)
10.26300/7n80-pv38
EdWorkingPaper suggested citation:
Yoo, Paul, Thurston Domina, Andrew McEachin, Leah Clark, Hannah Hertenstein, and Andrew M. Penner. (). Virtual Charter Students Have Worse Labor Market Outcomes as Young Adults. (EdWorkingPaper: -773). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/7n80-pv38

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