Are charter schools hurting traditional public schools?

Over the past several decades, a considerable body of research has looked at whether charter schools benefit students who choose to enroll in them. More recently, researchers have turned their attention to a related question: Is the expansion of the charter school sector harming students who remain in traditional public schools? On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus asks two experts to weigh in: Mark Weber, a special analyst at the New Jersey Policy Perspective and a public school music teacher, and Marcus Winters, an associate professor at Boston University and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Read Mark Weber's recent Fordham Institute report, "Robbers or Victims? Charter Schools and District Finances"Read Marcus Winter's recent Manhatten Institute report, "Do Charter Schools Harm Traditional Public Schools? Years of Test-Score Data Suggest They Don’t"