Contact Information
The University of Georgia
Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy
850 College Station Road
River’s Crossing, Room 325
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-6249
Fax: (706) 542-5873
edebray@uga.edu
Research Interests
- Educational Politics and Policy
- Educational Policy Implementation
- K-12 education
Courses Typically Taught
- EDAP 8210 Educational Policy Analysis
- EDAP 8290 Politics of Education
- EDAP 8310 Current Educational Policies in the United States
Selected Publications
Books
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DeBray, E. (2006). Politics, Ideology and Education: Federal policy during the Clinton and Bush Administrations. New York: Teachers College Press.
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Chapters
DeBray-Pelot, E. (accepted). Crafting legislation. In C. Glickman (Ed.), Letters to the next president (2nd Ed.). New York: Teachers College Press.
Scott, J., Lubienski, C., & DeBray-Pelot, E. (accepted). The ideological and political landscape of school choice interest groups in the post-Zelman era. In B. Cooper, L. Fusarelli, & J. Cibulka (Eds.), Understanding the politics of education: A handbook of theory, applications, and reform. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
McDermott, K., & DeBray-Pelot, E. (in press). The incremental revolution: Nationalizing education accountability policy. In L. Fusarelli, B. Fusarelli, & B. Cooper (Eds.), The rising state: How state power is transforming our nation’s schools. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
DeBray-Pelot, E. (in press). Dismantling education’s `iron triangle’: Institutional relationships in the formation of federal education policy between 1998 and 2001. In C. Kaestle & A. Lodewick (Eds.), To educate a nation: federal and national strategies of school reform. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas.
DeBray, E. (2003). Federal educational activities: History. In J. Guthrie (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Education (2nd Ed) (pp. 836-840), New York: MacMillan and Co.
DeBray, E., Parson, G., & Avila, S. (2003). Internal alignment and external pressure: High school responses in four state contexts. In M. Carnoy, R. Elmore, & L. Siskin (Eds.), The New Accountability: High Schools and High-Stakes Testing (pp. 55-85). New York: Routledge Press.
DeBray, E., Parson, G. & Woodworth, K. (2001). Patterns of response in four high schools under state accountability policies in Vermont and New York. In S. H. Fuhrman (Ed.), From Capitol to the Classroom: Standards-Based Reform in the States (pp. 170-192). Annual Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Vol. 2. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Contributions to scholarly reference works:
DeBray, E. (2006). Kentucky education reform act. In F. English (Ed.), Sage Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration (vol.1, pp. 539-541). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
DeBray, E. (2006). Value-added concept. In F. English (Ed.), Sage Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration (vol. 2, pp. 1048-1050). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Refereed Journal Articles
DeBray-Pelot, E., Lubienski, C., & Scott, J. (in press). The institutional landscape of interest group politics and school choice. Peabody Journal of Education.
DeBray-Pelot, E. (2007). School choice and educational privatization initiatives in the 106th and 107th Congresses: An analysis of policy formation and political ideologies. Teachers College Record, 109(4), 927-972.
DeBray, E. (forthcoming, 2007). NCLB’s transfer policy and court-ordered desegregation: The conflict between two federal mandates in Richmond County, Georgia and Pinellas County, Florida. Educational Policy, 21(5).
DeBray, E. (2005). Partisanship and ideology in the ESEA reauthorization in the 106th and 107th Congresses: Foundations for the new landscape of federal education policy. Review of Research in Education, 29, 29-50.
DeBray, E. (2005). A comprehensive high school and a shift in New York state policy: A study of early implementation. The High School Journal, 89(1),18-45.
DeBray, E., McDermott, K., & Wohlstetter, P. (2005). Introduction to special issue on ‘Federalism reconsidered: The case of No Child Left Behind.’ Peabody Journal of Education, 80(2), 1-18.
DeBray, E. (2005). The No Child Left Behind transfer policy and court-ordered desegregation: The case of Pinellas County, Florida. Peabody Journal of Education, 80(2), 171-189.
DeBray, E. (2004). `The equitable powers of the judge:’ The conflict between No Child Left Behind and court-ordered desegregation in Richmond County, Georgia. Equity and Excellence in Education, 37(3), 264-277.
DeBray, E. (2004). Richard Mills and the New York State Board of Regents, 1995-2001. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership,7(2). Available on the web: www.ucea.org
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DeBray, E. (2003). The federal role in school accountability: Assessing recent history and the new law. Voices in Urban Education 1(1), 56-64.
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