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Donors and Founders on Charter School Boards and Their Impact on Financial and Academic Outcomes

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  • Elif Sisli Ciamarra

    (Brandeis University)

  • Charisse Glosino

    (University of Memphis)

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This study provides the first systematic analysis of the composition of charter school governing boards. We assemble a dataset of charter school boards in Massachusetts between 2001 and 2013 and investigate the consequences of donor and founder representation on governing boards. We find that the presence of donors on the charter school boards is positively related to financial performance and attribute this result to the donors' strong monitoring incentives due to their financial stakes in the school. We also show that financial outcomes are not generated at the expense of academic outcomes, as the presence of donors on the boards is also associated with higher student achievement. Founder presence on charter school boards, on the other hand is associated with lower financial performance, but higher academic achievement.

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  • Elif Sisli Ciamarra & Charisse Glosino, 2015. "Donors and Founders on Charter School Boards and Their Impact on Financial and Academic Outcomes," Working Papers 95, Brandeis University, Department of Economics and International Business School.
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