Danny Huang

Former Research Associate, School of Educaiton,

University of California, Berkeley

Danny Shih-Cheng Huang was research associate for Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) in the School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently executive vice president of analytics for FEVO. He was formerly vice president of research and analytics for Ticketmaster; senior analyst and programmer for the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); and senior statistician for the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior (previously the Neuropsychiatric Institute) at UCLA. Huang received his PhD in education with an emphasis on quantitative and research methods, applied statistics, and organizational behavior. from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Contributing topics

Access, quality & alignment in early childhood education

Education finance

Educational governance & policy

Educator workforce & effectiveness

Publications by Danny Huang

January 2003

Targeting Investments for Universal Preschool

Which Families to Serve First? Who Will Respond?

This paper discusses extending access to preschool for families in California, focusing on targeting priorities to yield strong enrollment demand and discernible effects on young children's early development and school readiness. It analyzes…

November 2002

Welfare to Work and Child Care Selection

Which Families Use Subsidies and Home-Based or Center Care?

Public spending on childcare has increased, but low-income families still face barriers to accessing subsidies. This working paper examines the choices made by 1,974 parents in California who moved from welfare to work and needed childcare. The…