Looking separately at the effect of
attending a
charter school for exiters reveals that the effect of
attending a
charter school is, in fact, considerably more negative than for students who were observed first in a traditional
public school and remained in a
charter school throughout the study period (see Figure 2).
In - boundary
schools are a primary choice for many families
throughout D.C., but
public school students living in the Wilson HS area are the only ones in the city — aside from students at a couple elementary
schools in Capitol Hill and Dupont Circle — who overwhelmingly
attend in - boundary
schools over other options in DCPS or
public charter schools.