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Eric A. Houck
Assistant Professor
Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy

Education
Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy
Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

Contact Information
The University of Georgia
Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy
850 College Station Road
River’s Crossing, Room 331
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-7790
Fax: (706) 542-5873
Email eahouck@uga.edu


Research Interests

  • Education finance and finance policy
  • Intradistrict equity
  • Student assignment policies

Courses Typically Taught

  • EDAP7600: Research Methods in Educational Administration and Policy
  • EDAP 8210: Educational Policy Analysis
  • EDAP9020: Education Finance and policy

Selected Publications

Books

book cover Guthrie, J.W. Springer, M.G., Rolle, R. A., & Houck, E.A. ( 2006). Modern Education Finance and Policy. Chicago: Allyn & Bacon.

Chapters

Houck, E.A., Cannon, J., & Southerland, K. (2004). Accountability, assessments and standards. In J.W. Guthrie & K.K. Wong (Eds). Alabama education policy primer: A guide to understanding K-12 education (pp. 8-28). Montgomery, AL: A+ Education Foundation.

Houck, E.A., Cannon, J., & Gassenheimer, C. (2004). Teaching quality. In J.W. Guthrie & K.K. Wong (Eds). Alabama education policy primer: A guide to understanding K-12 education (pp. 163-182). Montgomery, AL: A+ Education Foundation.

Watral, C., & Houck, E.A. (2004). No Child Left Behind. In J.W. Guthrie & K.K. Wong (Eds). Alabama education policy primer: A guide to understanding K-12 education (pp. 104-124). Montgomery, AL: A+ Education Foundation.

Killough, A.L., Webster, W., Brown, V.B., Houck, E.A., & Edwards, C.L. (2003). African-American violence exposure: An emerging health issue. In C.C. Yeakey & R.D. Henderson (Eds). Surmounting All Odds: Educational Opportunities in the New Millennium (pp. 147-174). Greenwich, CT: Information Age.

Refereed Journal Articles

Rolle, R.A., & Houck, E.A. (in press). Curious Georgia studies economics: A principal reflects on concepts of educational efficiency. The School Administrator.

Springer, M.G., Houck, E.A., Ceperly, P.E., & Hange, J. (2007). Revenue generation and resource allocation and deployment practices in smaller learning communities: Lessons learned from three high schools. Journal of Education Finance, 32(4), 462-488.

Rolle, R.A., & Houck, E.A. (2004). Introduction to the Peabody Journal of Education’s Special Issue on the Future of School Finance Research Peabody Journal of Education, 79(3), 1-6.

Rolle, R.A., & Houck, E.A. (2004). Introduction to the Peabody Journal of Education’s Special Issue on the Future of School Finance Research Peabody Journal of Education, 79(3), 1-6.

Rolle, R.A., Hessling, P.A., & Houck, E.A. (2003). Where do we go from here: A discussion of education funding in the Midwestern United States, 1991-2001. School Business Affairs, 69(5), 19-21.


 
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