Now that Gary Miron and other researchers at Western Michigan University have documented that KIPP schools can receive an average of $5,760 in private money per student there seems to be little to prevent people of good will from reaching a consensus on that small network of worthy schools. As Bruce Fuller explains, the “eye-opening” study showed that "a well-endowed, inspirationally run charter school can lift poor children. The question raised by this study is whether the model could be replicated if wealthy donors
