Faculty

Contact Information
The University of Georgia
Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy
850 College Station Road
River’s Crossing, Room 310
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-9767
Fax: (706) 542-5873
csielke@uga.edu

Research Interests

• School finance equity and adequacy
• School and district budgeting
• Supplemental Educational Services(NCLB)
• Comprehensive School Reform

Courses Typically Taught

• EDAP 7060 School Business and Resource Management
• EDAP 8080 School Finance
• EDAP 9090 The Economics of Education

Selected Publications

Books

Sielke, C.C., as a member of the National Center for Education Statistics – Core Finance Data Task Force. (2003). Financial Accounting for Local and State School Systems: 2003 Edition. U.S. Department of Education. (NCES 2004-318). Available in hard copy and on line at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch.

Sielke, C.C., Dayton, J., Holmes, C.T., & Jefferson, A. (Eds.) (2001). Public school finance programs of the United States and Canada: 1998-1999. Washington, DC: United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (NCES 2001-309) approximately 1300 pages. Available on CD-ROM and on line at http://www.nces.ed.gov/pubsearch.

Chapters

Sielke, C. C. (2007). The state of K-12 funding in Georgia for FY2008: Legislative update 2007. Fiscal Issues, Policy, and Education Finance [AERA SIG Monograph]. Available online at http://fipefsig.googlepages.com/sos%26p2006

Sielke, C. C. (2003). Financing school infrastructure needs: An overview across the 50 states. In F. Crampton & D. Thompson (Eds.) Saving America’s school infrastructure (pp 27-51). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Refereed Journal Articles

Agunloye, O., Sielke, C. C., Olejnik, S. E. (2007, Fall). A multivariate analysis of educational productivity in urban Georgia high schools. Georgia Educational Researcher, 5, 1-25. Retrieved June 16, 2008, from http://coefaculty.valdosta.edu/lschmert/gera/volume%205/multivariate-finalbyLS2007.pdf

Sielke, C.C. (2004). Rural factors in state funding systems. Journal of Education Finance, 29 (3), 223-236.

Sielke, C.C. (2001). Funding school infrastructure needs across the states. Journal of Education Finance, 27 (2), 653-662.

Major Grants and Contracts that are in process

Grant from Georgia Department of Education, Lead Researcher, Monitoring Outcomes of Title I Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Providers.

Grant from Georgia Department of Education. Co-PI, Evaluation of the Implementation of Comprehensive School Reform

Major Service

Chair, Fiscal Issues, Policy and Education Finance (FIPEF) Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association.