Eric A Houck
Biographic Data
| ID | 5740371 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric A Houck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric A |
| FAMILY NAME | Houck |
| SIGNATURE | HOUCK E A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0341-444X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Left Behind
Sixty-five years after the Brown v. Board decision, American schools are re-segregated and re-segregating. The mechanisms of this re-segregation are legal action, voluntary moves towards unitary status, unintended consequences of integration-oriented strategies, and an increasing trend towards the fracturing, or splintering of school districts. Both economic and political theory would indicate that splintering districts would work to pull racial …
The Shift from Adequacy to Equity in Federal Education Policymaking
Eric A. Houck, Elizabeth DeBray, The Shift from Adequacy to Equity in Federal Education Policymaking: A Proposal for How ESEA Could Reshape the State Role in Education Finance, RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 3, The Elementary and Secondary Education Act at Fifty and Beyond (December 2015), pp. 148-167
The Life and Death of Desegregation Policy in Wake County Public School System and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
The state of North Carolina is one of few states in the South in which two large districts committed to desegregating schools in the early 1970s. However, the state’s two largest districts, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools (CMS) and Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) have experienced ups and downs in their policy commitment to desegregated schools. This article utilizes a cross-case policy analysis to examine levels of segregation in CMS and W…
A Narrow Path Through the Broad Middle
This article uses an institutional framework to analyze the political context of the next reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The authors analyze three relevant factors in the institutional environment: the role of traditional party politics, including theories of divided versus unified party government; the entrance of new players, both interest groups and think tanks, into the education policy arena; and stresses on t…
Intradistrict Resource Allocation
The focus on school-level performance brought about by the No Child Left Behind Act—as well as recent court cases challenging the use of race in student assignment polices—has brought greater attention to the need to for careful study of the allocation of resources within school districts. This paper describes the policy context, review key intradistrict studies, and proffers three extensions to the field of intradistrict resource analysis: consi…
Introduction to the Special Issue on Education in the American South
Resource Distribution and Graduation Rates in SREB States
Throughout the past two decades, an orientation toward standards-based reform has underpinned efforts of educational policy reform (Smith & O’Day, 1991). Led in part by political and educational le
Introduction to the Peabody Journal of Education's Special Issue on the Future of School Finance Research
(2004). Introduction to the Peabody Journal of Education's Special Issue on the Future of School Finance Research. Peabody Journal of Education: Vol. 79, No. 3, pp. 1-6
The Life and Death of Desegregation Policy in Wake County Public School System and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
The state of North Carolina is one of few states in the South in which two large districts committed to desegregating schools in the early 1970s. However, the state’s two largest districts, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools (CMS) and Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) have experienced ups and downs in their policy commitment to desegregated schools. This article utilizes a cross-case policy analysis to examine levels of segregation in CMS and W…
Left Behind
Sixty-five years after the Brown v. Board decision, American schools are re-segregated and re-segregating. The mechanisms of this re-segregation are legal action, voluntary moves towards unitary status, unintended consequences of integration-oriented strategies, and an increasing trend towards the fracturing, or splintering of school districts. Both economic and political theory would indicate that splintering districts would work to pull racial …
A Narrow Path Through the Broad Middle
This article uses an institutional framework to analyze the political context of the next reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The authors analyze three relevant factors in the institutional environment: the role of traditional party politics, including theories of divided versus unified party government; the entrance of new players, both interest groups and think tanks, into the education policy arena; and stresses on t…
Intradistrict Resource Allocation
The focus on school-level performance brought about by the No Child Left Behind Act—as well as recent court cases challenging the use of race in student assignment polices—has brought greater attention to the need to for careful study of the allocation of resources within school districts. This paper describes the policy context, review key intradistrict studies, and proffers three extensions to the field of intradistrict resource analysis: consi…
Introduction to the Special Issue on Education in the American South
Introduction to the Peabody Journal of Education's Special Issue on the Future of School Finance Research
(2004). Introduction to the Peabody Journal of Education's Special Issue on the Future of School Finance Research. Peabody Journal of Education: Vol. 79, No. 3, pp. 1-6
Introduction to the Special Issue on Education in the American South
Resource Distribution and Graduation Rates in SREB States
Throughout the past two decades, an orientation toward standards-based reform has underpinned efforts of educational policy reform (Smith & O’Day, 1991). Led in part by political and educational le
A Narrow Path Through the Broad Middle
This article uses an institutional framework to analyze the political context of the next reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The authors analyze three relevant factors in the institutional environment: the role of traditional party politics, including theories of divided versus unified party government; the entrance of new players, both interest groups and think tanks, into the education policy arena; and stresses on t…
Intradistrict Resource Allocation
The focus on school-level performance brought about by the No Child Left Behind Act—as well as recent court cases challenging the use of race in student assignment polices—has brought greater attention to the need to for careful study of the allocation of resources within school districts. This paper describes the policy context, review key intradistrict studies, and proffers three extensions to the field of intradistrict resource analysis: consi…
The Life and Death of Desegregation Policy in Wake County Public School System and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
The state of North Carolina is one of few states in the South in which two large districts committed to desegregating schools in the early 1970s. However, the state’s two largest districts, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools (CMS) and Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) have experienced ups and downs in their policy commitment to desegregated schools. This article utilizes a cross-case policy analysis to examine levels of segregation in CMS and W…
The Shift from Adequacy to Equity in Federal Education Policymaking
Eric A. Houck, Elizabeth DeBray, The Shift from Adequacy to Equity in Federal Education Policymaking: A Proposal for How ESEA Could Reshape the State Role in Education Finance, RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 3, The Elementary and Secondary Education Act at Fifty and Beyond (December 2015), pp. 148-167
Left Behind
Sixty-five years after the Brown v. Board decision, American schools are re-segregated and re-segregating. The mechanisms of this re-segregation are legal action, voluntary moves towards unitary status, unintended consequences of integration-oriented strategies, and an increasing trend towards the fracturing, or splintering of school districts. Both economic and political theory would indicate that splintering districts would work to pull racial …
Political science (7 works) · School Choice and Performance (7 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works)