Faculty

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

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.