KIPP

KIPP claims are misleading and/or overblown, strongly linked to much higher levels of funding, and (again) deeply tainted by the harsh/abusive discipline; some reviews of those claims (and we should always wait for reviews and not depend on only initial studies):

http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-KIPP-middle-schools

http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/spending-major-charter

http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/charter-schools-possess-no-magic-formula-opposing-view

https://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/the-non-reformy-lessons-of-kipp/

https://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2015/05/09/the-willful-ignorance-of-the-nj-star-ledger/