KIPP Study from NEPC Fellow Gary Miron Receives Major News Attention

A new study by NEPC Fellow Gary Miron (profile here), along with Jessica Urschel and Nicholas Saxton from the College of Education and Human Development at Western Michigan University, examines two critical inputs for KIPP schools: students and funding. The authors argue that "understanding more about these inputs allows for a better understanding of how KIPP works and whether the model can or should be replicated." Largely, they argue that the KIPP schools see high rates of student attrition, with 40 percent of the black male students leaving the schools between grades 6 and 8. They also find that on average KIPP schools receive more than $6,500 per pupil over local school district funding; a trend the authors claim render replication of the KIPP model unsustainable. 

Read the full study here.

The study was covered in the NY Times, the Washington Post, and Education Week, among other venues.

Miron's past work in this area includes several studies published on the NEPC website.