Reply #15: The study you cited forgot to include California, thus inflating the numbers. [View All]

[msanthrope]

Can you explain why California wasn't included????


"Because the study used a sample of KIPP schools that did not include any schools in California, which provides only meager financing to charters, it had produced an exaggerated picture of average government financing for the schools nationwide, Mr. Wright said.

He estimated average government financing nationwide at between $9,000 and $10,000 per KIPP student.

The study significantly inflated private revenues, Mr. Wright said, because KIPP itself had miscategorized some government money as private revenues in its reporting to the I.R.S.

In addition, the Michigan researchers mixed private donations earmarked for school construction with donations for operating expenses, thereby further inflating the study’s estimate of per-pupil operating revenues derived from philanthropy, Mr. Wright said."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/education/31kipp.html?_r=1

If you are going to make a case against KIPP, then why would you not include California data???