Luis A. Huerta

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Luis A. Huerta
Professor of Public Policy and Education,
Teachers College–Columbia University

Luis A. Huerta is an associate professor of public policy and education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He teaches courses in policy analysis and implementation, school finance, and organizational sociology. His research on school choice reforms examines policies that advance both decentralized and market models of schooling—including charter schools, vouchers, tuition tax credits, homeschooling, and virtual schools. He previously served as a research associate and coordinator for K–12 education policy research for PACE and as a California public school teacher. Huerta received his PhD in education policy from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Publications by Luis A. Huerta
Spinning Out the Implications of the 'New' School Finance
Educational resources have been the subject of endless political battles, including efforts to expand resources and to equalize them. However, the connections between resources and outcomes remain obscure: real spending per pupil has increased…
Spring 2001 PACE Newsletter, Volume 3, Number 1.
Are the Reform Pieces Fitting Together?
"Crucial Issues in California Education 2000" is a successor to "Conditions of Education," a PACE publication since 1984. Conditions combined up-to-date data and ongoing trends in a wide variety of indicators relevant to state education policy. In…
California's School Voucher Initiative—Proposition 38
California voters will decide whether to create a voucher program in which all families with school-age children could participate. If Proposition 38 is approved, parents could obtain a chit from the state worth $4,000 and move their child from…