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
- School Choice and Governance
Courses Typically Taught
- EDAP 8210 Educational Policy Analysis
- EDAP 8290 Politics of Education
- EDAP 9010 Educational Policy, Change, & School Organization
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
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.
Scott, J., Lubienski, C., & DeBray-Pelot, E. (2008). The ideological and political landscape of school choice interest groups in the post-Zelman era. In B. Cooper, L. Fusarelli, & J. Cibulka (Eds.), Handbook of Education Politics and Policy (pp. 246-262). New York: Routledge.
DeBray-Pelot, E. (2007). Crafting legislation. In C. Glickman (Ed.), Letters to the next president (2nd ed.) (pp. 239-242). New York: Teachers College Press.
DeBray-Pelot, E. (2007). 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 (pp. 64-89). Lawrence: 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. & McGuinn, P. (2009). The new politics of education: Analyzing the federal education policy landscape in the post-NCLB era. Educational Policy 23(1), 15-42.
Scott, J., Lubienski, C., & DeBray-Pelot, E. (2009). The politics of advocacy in education. Educational Policy 23(1), 3-14.
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-Pelot, E. (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), 717-746.
DeBray-Pelot, E., Lubienski, C., & Scott, J. (2007). The institutional landscape of interest group politics and school choice. Peabody Journal of Education, 82(2-3), 204-230.
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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