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As charter school debates play out at the local level, out-of-state donors are contributing millions of dollars to school board campaigns in cities like Los Angeles and Denver. Professor Sarah Reckhow breaks down who donates and what that money does.

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For More on this Topic:

• Read her two-page brief, Can Philanthropists Engineer Effective School Reforms?
• Check out her research discussed in Futurity and her article \u201cOutsiders with Deep Pockets.\u201d

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Further Reading:

• The Promising Launch of Community-Oriented Charter Schools in New Orleans, Brian R. Beabout, University of New Orleans, Joseph L. Boselovic, Loyola University New Orleans, SSN Basic Facts
• Is Wall Street Looking to Profit from School Reform?, Jeff Faux, Economic Policy Institute
• Rhetoric and Reality in the "All Charter" Approach to School Reform in New Orleans, J. Celeste Lay, Tulane University, SSN Basic Facts