My research emphasis in education policy derives from my interests in inequality of inputs and outcomes. My areas of focus include school finance equity, charter schools and Lehigh Valley school systems. I also engage in institutional effectiveness research in my role as Dean of Institutional Research, Assessment and Effectiveness.
Institutional Effectiveness Research:
-Student engagement in experiential learning opportunities: identifying barriers and solutions for participation, for the American Talent Initiative TRP, May 2023, co-authored with Regina Lau, ’23; Jake Ghamar, ’23.
Advancing Student Success through Academic Equity Topical Research Projects
Public School Finance:
-A Model for School-level Resource Reporting: Benefits and Challenges, Public Performance and Management Review. September 2011, Volume 35, Number 1:29-53.
-What Goes Into the Recipe for Success? Results of a Study of New Jersey’s High Performing School Districts, 2008. Prepared for the New Jersey Education Law Center.
-The Equality of Public School District Funding in the U.S.: A National Status Report,” Public Administration Review, January/February 2002, Volume 62, Number 1: 63-72.
-Distribution of Public Education Funding in Georgia: Equity from a National Perspective, 1999 Fiscal Research Program, Georgia State University, FRP Report No. 32, 1999.
-School policy: school finance,” Journal of Management History, Winter 1999, Volume 5, Number 4: 165-179.
-School-Based Budgeting: Increasing Influence and Information at the School-Level in Rochester, New York,” Journal of Education Finance, 1998, Volume 23, Number 4: 507-531.
“Equity and Efficiency in Public Elementary and Secondary Education: 30 Years of History,” in Stuart S. Nagel (Ed.) Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management, 1998, Volume 9:151-165. Stamford, CN: JAI Press.
The Coming Age of School-Level Finance Data,” Journal of Education Finance, Spring 1997, Volume 22, Number 3:246-254.
Charter Schools:
-Privatization, Politics, and Urban Services: The Political Behavior of Charter Schools,” Journal of Urban Affairs, 2003, Volume 25, Number 1: 37-54.
-Creaming Versus Cropping: Charter School Enrollment Practices in Response to Market Incentives,” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Summer 2002, Volume 24, Number 2: 145-158.
-Growing Pains: An Evaluation of Charter Schools in the District of Columbia, 1999-2000, 2001. The Center for Washington Area Studies, The George Washington University.
-Making a Choice, Making a Difference? An Evaluation of Charter Schools in the District of Columbia, 1999. The Center for Washington Area Studies, The George Washington University.
Lehigh Valley Studies:
-STEM Outcomes for Lehigh Valley Students, for the Lehigh Valley Research Consortium, 2014 http://hdl.handle.net/10718/3040
-State of the Lehigh Valley 2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10718/3025
-The Status of Latino/Hispanic Public School Students in the Lehigh Valley, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10718/3038
-State of the Lehigh Valley 2009 http://hdl.handle.net/10718/3024
-State of the Lehigh Valley 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/10718/3023