Critics have long said charter schools take public schools’ resources and brightest students and harm the public school system by tossing back low-performing students. However, Marcus Winters argues in City Journal, empirical evidence says that opposite. Several studies have measured the extent to which charter school expansion affects traditional public schools, and overall, research shows that competition from charter schools has a positive effect on those students who remain in traditional public schools. Winters argues that data suggests low-performing students are either as likely or slightly less likely to leave school if it is a charter than if it is a traditional school. Plus, student performance is steady or rising in cities with strong charter competition.
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