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Scholarly Interests
- Education Policy
- Decentralization in Education
- School Choice (charter schools, vouchers, ESAs, tuition tax credits, home schooling)
- Privatization in Education
- School Finance
Selected Publications
Book
Welner, K. Orfield, G. & Huerta, L. A. (Eds.) (2023). The school voucher illusion: Exposing the pretense of equity. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Journal Articles & Book Chapters
Huerta, L. A., Koutsavlis, S. J. & Baisden, T. W. (forthcoming). Evolving tax credit scholarship and education savings account policies in the United States: The path to universal private school choice programs. In A. Zancajo, C. Fontdevila, H. Jabbar & A. Verger (Eds.). Research Handbook on Education Privatization and Marketization. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Huerta, L. A. & Koutsavlis, S. (2023). Evolving voucher policies: Broadening eligibility through rules & schools. In K. Welner, G. Orfield & L. A. Huerta (Eds.) (2023). The school voucher illusion: Exposing the pretense of equity. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Welner, K. Orfield, G. & Huerta, L. A. (2023). Voucher expansion and the abandonment of equity. In K. Welner, G. Orfield & L. A. Huerta (Eds.) The school voucher illusion: Exposing the pretense of equity. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Welner, K. Orfield, G. & Huerta, L. A, (2023). Can vouchers be reshaped to accomplish their initial rhetorical goals? In K. Welner, G. Orfield & L. A. Huerta (Eds.) The school voucher illusion: Exposing the pretense of equity. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Huerta, L. A. & Koutsavlis, S. (2020). Tuition Tax Credits in an Evolving School Choice Arena: Implications for Research, Policy and Practice. In M. Barends, A. Primus & M. G. Springer (Eds.) Handbook of Research on School Choice, 2nd Edition. Routledge Publisher
Terrant, K. & Huerta, L. A. (2015). Substantive or symbolic stars: Quality rating and improvement systems through a new institutional lens. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 29(5), 327-328.
Huerta, L. A., Fuller, B., Parker, L. & d’Entremont, C. (2011). Charter schools in New York’s Black communities: Managing resources in local organizational fields. In D. Slaughter-Defoe, H. Stevenson, E. Arrington and D. Johnson (Eds.) Black Educational Choice: Assessing the Private and Public Alternatives to Traditional K-12 Public Schools. (pp. 173-190), Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishers.
Huerta, L. A. & d’Entremont, C. (2010). Charter school finance: Seeking institutional legitimacy In a marketplace of resources. In C. Lubienski & P. Weitzel (Eds.) The Charter School Experiment: Expectations, Evidence & Implications. (pp. 121-146), Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Huerta, L. A. (2010). Series of reports on the fiscal impact of tax-credit scholarships (pp. 127-140), In K. Welner, P. H. Hinchey, A. Molnar & D. Weitzman (Ed.), Think Tank Research Quality: Lessons for Policy Makers, the Media, and the Public, Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing.
Huerta, L. A., d’Entremont, C. & González, M. F. (2009). Perspectives on cyber and homeschool charters. In M. Berends, M. Springer, D. Ballou and H. Walberg (Eds.), Handbook of Research on School Choice (pp.533-550), National Center on School Choice, Vanderbilt University and Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (2009).
Huerta, L. A. (2009). Institutional vs. technical environments: Reconciling the goals of decentralization in an evolving charter school organization. Peabody Journal of Education, 84(2), 244-261.
Huerta, L. A. & Zuckerman, A. (2009). An institutional theory analysis of charter schools: Addressing challenges to scale. Peabody Journal of Education, 84(3), 414-431.
Bodine, E., Fuller, B., González, M. F., Huerta, L. A., Naughton, S., Park, S., Teh, L. W. (2008). Disparities in charter school resources: The influence of state policy and community conditions. Journal of Education Policy, 23(1), 1-33
Huerta, L. A. & d’Entremont, C. (2007). Education tax credits in a post-Zelman era: Legal, political and policy alternative to vouchers? Educational Policy, January/March 21(1), 73-109.
d’Entremont, C. & Huerta, L. A. (2007). Irreconcilable differences? Education vouchers and the suburban response. Educational Policy, January/March 21(1), 40-72.
Greene, G. K., Huerta, L. A. & Richards, C. E. (2007). Getting real: A different perspective on the relationship between school resources and student outcomes. Journal of Education Finance, 33(1), 49-68.
Huerta, L. A., González, M. F. & d’Entremont, C. (2006). Cyber and home school charter schools: Adopting policy to new forms of public schooling. Peabody Journal of Education, 81(1), 103-139.
Huerta, L. A., d’Entremont, C &. González, M. F. (2006). Cyber charter schools: Can accountability keep pace with innovation? Phi Delta Kappan, September, 23-30.
Huerta, L. A. (2006). Next steps for results: The improved school finance and the CFE v. State of New York case. Journal of Education Finance, 31(4), 379-394.
Grubb, W. N., Huerta, L. A. & Goe, L. (2006). Straw into gold, revenues into results: Spinning out the implications of the improved school finance. Journal of Education Finance, 31(4), 334-359.
Grubb, W. N., Goe, L., & Huerta, L. A. (2004). The unending search for equity: California policy, the improved school finance, and the Williams case. Teachers College Record, 106(11), 2081-2101.
Huerta, L. A. (2000). Losing public accountability? A home schooling charter. In B. Fuller (Ed.), Inside charter schools: The paradox of radical decentralization. (pp. 177-202), Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Wexler, E. & Huerta, L. A. (2000). An empowering spirit is not enough: A Latino charter school struggles over leadership. In B. Fuller (Ed.), Inside charter schools: The paradox of radical decentralization. (pp. 98-123), Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Finkelstein, N., Furry, W., & Huerta, L. A. (2000). School finance in California: Does history provide a sufficient policy standard? In E. Burr, G. C. Hayward, B. Fuller & M. W. Kirst (Eds.) Crucial issues in California education 2000: Are the reform pieces fitting together (pp.45-78). Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California.
Opinion-Editorials
Huerta, L. A. (2014, December 10). High suspension rates at charters schools don’t help students. In Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News, Keeping only the best behaved, Opinion–Editorial, The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/12/10/are-charter-schools-cherry-picking-students/charter-schools-do-a-disservice-to-their-students
Huerta, L. A. (2013, April 21). Doubling Down on Testing Is a Failed Wager, In A Nation at Risk, 30 Years Later, Education Week, http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/op_education/a-nation-at-risk/
Huerta, L. A. (2011, January 4). Uniting fiscal and social conservatism. In Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News, Do Home Schoolers Deserve a Tax Break?, Opinion–Editorial, The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/01/04/do-home-schoolers-deserve-a-tax-break
Henig, J. & Huerta, L. A. (2010, March 14). The economic vise. In Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News, The Push-Back on Charter Schools, Opinion–Editorial, The New York Times. http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/the-push-back-on-charter-schools/
Huerta, L. A. & Fuller, B. (2008, July 7). Scorekeeper for schools. New York Sun, Opinion–Editorial, p.B8.
Berliner, D., Farrel, W., Huerta, L. A., Mickelson, R. (2001, February 22). Vouchers: No solution to educating the poor. Arizona Republic, Opinion-Editorial, p. B9.
Huerta, L. A. (2000, October 19). Proposition 38 makes promises it cannot keep. San Francisco Chronicle, Opinion-Editorial, p. A3.
Fuller, B. & Huerta, L. A. (2000, July 20). State action deserves a lot of credit for better test scores. Los Angeles Times, Opinion-Editorial, p. B11.
Encyclopedia Entries
Huerta, L. A. (2012). Tuition tax credits and equity. In J. Banks (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education. (pp. 1708-1711), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers.
Huerta, L. A. (2012). Charter schools and minority achievement. In J. Banks (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education. (pp. 316-321), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers.
d’Entremont, C. & Huerta, L. A. (2012). Privatization and minority student achievement. In J. Banks (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education. (pp. 2192-2196), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers.
Huerta, L. A. & Hatch, T. (2009). School reform. In R. A. Shweder (Ed.) The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion (pgs. 863-865), Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Policy Reports / Monographs/Reviews
Huerta, L. A. & Baisden, T. (2024). Strengthening oversight of education savings account (ESA) funding for private and at-home schooling. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/esa-vouchers
Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., & Shafer, S. R. (2023). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality, and teacher quality. In Molnar, A., Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., Glover, A., Bill, K., Miron, Gulosino, C., & Boninger, F.(Eds.), Virtual schools in the U.S. 2020: Politics, performance, policy, and research evidence. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L.A. & Koutsavlis, S. (2022). Review of “Fiscal effects of school choice: Analyzing the costs and savings of private school choice programs in America.” Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/fiscaleffects
Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., & Shafer, S. R. (2021). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality, and teacher quality. In Miron, G., Barbour, M.K., Huerta, L., Shafer, S.R., Rice, J.K.,Glover, A., Browning, N., Hagle, S., & Boninger, F. (Eds.), Virtual schools in the U.S. 2020: Politics, performance, policy, and research evidence. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., Shafer, S. R. (2019). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality, and teacher quality, In A. Molnar (Ed.), Molnar, A., Miron, G., Shank, C., Davidson, C., Barbour, M.K., Huerta, L., Shafter, S.R., Rice, J.K. (2019). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2018. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L. A. & Koutsavlis, S. (2018). Review of “Fiscal Effects of School Vouchers: Examining the savings and costs of America’s Private School Voucher Programs.” Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center
Huerta, L. A. & Koutsavlis, S. (2017). Review of “The Tax-Credit Scholarship Audit: Do Publicly Funded Private School Choice Programs Save Money?” Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center
Barbour, M. K., Miron, G., & Huerta, L. (2017). Virtual schools in the U.S.: Case studies of policy, performance, and research evidence. Lansing, MI: Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute.
Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., Shafer, S. R. & Nitkin, D. (2017). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality, and teacher quality, In A. Molnar (Ed.), Molnar, A., Miron, G., Gulosino, C., Shank, C., Davidson, C., Barbour, M.K., Huerta, L., Shafter, S.R., Rice, J.K., & Nitkin, D. (2017). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2017. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L. A. & Shafer, S. R. (2015). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality, and teacher quality In A. Molnar (Ed.), Huerta, L. A., Shafer, S. R., Barbour, M.K., Miron, G., Gulosino, C. Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2015: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., & Shafer, S. R. (2014). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality, and teacher quality, In A. Molnar (Ed.), Rice, J.K., Huerta, L. A., Shafer, S. R., Barbour, M.K., Miron, G., Gulosino, C, Horvitz, B. Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., & Shafer, S. R. (2013). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality and teacher quality. In A. Molnar (Ed.), Miron, G., Huerta, L. A., Cuban, L., Horvitz, B., Gulosino, C., Rice, J.K., & Shafer, S.R. Virtual schools in the U.S. 2013: Politics, performance, policy, and research evidence. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L. A. (2012). Review of “Teachers in the age of digital instruction: Creating sound policy for digital learning.” Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-teachers-digital-age
Huerta, L. A. (2009). Review of three tuition-tax-credit voucher reports from the Friedman Foundation. Boulder and Tempe: Education and the Public Interest Center & Education Policy Research Unit. http://epicpolicy.org/thinktank/reviewtuition-tax-credits
Huerta, L. A. & d’Entremont, C. (2006). Tax credits as legal, political and policy alternative to vouchers? Occasional Paper Series #131. New York, NY: National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teachers College-Columbia University.
d’Entremont, C. & Huerta, L. A. (2006). Irreconcilable differences? Education vouchers and the suburban response. Occasional Paper Series #137. New York, NY: National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teachers College-Columbia University.
Huerta, L. A. & González, M. F. (2004). Cyber and home school charter schools: How states are defining new forms of public schooling. Occasional Paper Series #87. New York, NY: National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teachers College-Columbia University.
Grubb, W. N. & Huerta, L. A. (2001). Straw into gold, resources into results: Spinning out the implications of the new school finance (Research Series No. 01-1). Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California.
Fuller, B., Huerta, L. A., & Ruenzel, D. (2000). A costly gamble or serious reform? California’s school voucher initiative—Proposition 38. Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California.
Fuller, B., Burr, E., Huerta, L. A., Puryear, S., & Wexler, E. (1999). School choice: Abundant hopes, scarce evidence of results. Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California.
Fuller, B. & Huerta, L. A. (1999). Review of competition in education: A 1999 update of school choice in Massachusetts. Boston, MA: Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research.
Huerta, L. A., Puryear, S., & Wexler, E. (1999). Policy brief. School choice grows with scare evidence of effects. In Policy Analysis for California Education Newsletter Vol.2(1). Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California.
Huerta, L. A. (1997). Policy brief. Charter schools: Are they more effective? In Policy Analysis for California Education Newsletter Vol.1(1). Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California.
Legislative and Legal Testimony
Huerta, L. A. (2018, March 13). Vouchers and charter schools. An analysis of evidence. Testimony on Education Reform Act of Puerto Rico S. 825, Puerto Rico Legislature, Senate Committee on Education.
Huerta, L. A. (2017, July 21). Vouchers and tuition tax credits: An analysis of claims, assumptions and evidence. Testimony on SB 2, Texas State Senate, Senate Committee on Education.
Huerta, L. A. (2016, October 17). Vouchers and tuition tax credits: An analysis of claims, assumptions and evidence. Testimony on Education Savings Accounts, Vouchers and Tuition Tax Credits, Texas House of Representatives, Committee on Public Education.
Huerta, L. A. (2016, February 3). Vouchers and tuition tax credits: An analysis of claims, assumptions and evidence. Testimony on Expanding Educational Opportunity Through School Choice, United States House of Representatives, Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Huerta, L. A. (2015, Mach 27). Vouchers and tuition tax credits: An analysis of claims, assumptions and evidence. Testimony on SB 642, SB 276, SB 4, Texas House of Representatives, Committee on Public Education.
Huerta, L. A. (2014). Analysis of the Florida tax credit scholarship program and John M. McKay scholarship program for students with disabilities. Expert testimony submitted for Citizens for Strong Schools v. Florida State Board of Education (2015).
Huerta, L. A. (2012, October 8). Framing an accountability blueprint for virtual schools in Texas, Testimony to Texas State Senate, Austin, TX; Senate Committee on Education
Huerta, L. A. (March, 2005). Next steps for results: The improved school finance and the CFE v. State of New York case. Expert testimony/policy report submitted for Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York (2005)
Grubb, W. N., Goe, L., & Huerta, L. A. (2003). The unending search for equity: California policy, the improved school finance, and the Williams case. Expert testimony/policy report submitted for Williams et al. v. State of California (2003). ( served as expert witness )
Finkelstein, N. & Huerta, L. A. (2000, February). National perspectives on educational adequacy. Testimony to California State Legislature. Sacramento, CA: Select Committee on School Funding Reform.
Principal Publications
Book
Welner, K. Orfield, G. & Huerta, L. A. (Eds.) (2023). The school voucher illusion: Exposing the pretense of equity. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Journal Articles & Book Chapters
Huerta, L. A. & Koutsavlis, S. (2023). Evolving voucher policies: Broadening eligibility through rules & schools. In K. Welner, G. Orfield & L. A. Huerta (Eds.) (2023). The school voucher illusion: Exposing the pretense of equity. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Welner, K. Orfield, G. & Huerta, L. A. (2023). Voucher expansion and the abandonment of equity. In K. Welner, G. Orfield & L. A. Huerta (Eds.) The school voucher illusion: Exposing the pretense of equity. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Welner, K. Orfield, G. & Huerta, L. A, (2023). Can vouchers be reshaped to accomplish their initial rhetorical goals? In K. Welner, G. Orfield & L. A. Huerta (Eds.) The school voucher illusion: Exposing the pretense of equity. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Huerta, L. A. & Koutsavlis, S. (2020). Tuition Tax Credits in an Evolving School Choice Arena: Implications for Research, Policy and Practice. In M. Barends, A. Primus & M. G. Springer (Eds.) Handbook of Research on School Choice, 2nd Edition. Routledge Publisher
Terrant, K. & Huerta, L. A. (2015). Substantive or symbolic stars: Quality rating and improvement systems through a new institutional lens. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 29(5), 327-328.
Huerta, L. A., Fuller, B., Parker, L. & d’Entremont, C. (2011). Charter schools in New York’s Black communities: Managing resources in local organizational fields. In D. Slaughter-Defoe, H. Stevenson, E. Arrington and D. Johnson (Eds.) Black Educational Choice: Assessing the Private and Public Alternatives to Traditional K-12 Public Schools. (pp. 173-190), Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishers.
Huerta, L. A. & d’Entremont, C. (2010). Charter school finance: Seeking institutional legitimacy In a marketplace of resources. In C. Lubienski & P. Weitzel (Eds.) The Charter School Experiment: Expectations, Evidence & Implications. (pp. 121-146), Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Huerta, L. A. (2010). Series of reports on the fiscal impact of tax-credit scholarships (pp. 127-140), In K. Welner, P. H. Hinchey, A. Molnar & D. Weitzman (Ed.), Think Tank Research Quality: Lessons for Policy Makers, the Media, and the Public, Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing.
Huerta, L. A., d’Entremont, C. & González, M. F. (2009). Perspectives on cyber and homeschool charters. In M. Berends, M. Springer, D. Ballou and H. Walberg (Eds.), Handbook of Research on School Choice (pp.533-550), National Center on School Choice, Vanderbilt University and Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (2009).
Huerta, L. A. (2009). Institutional vs. technical environments: Reconciling the goals of decentralization in an evolving charter school organization. Peabody Journal of Education, 84(2), 244-261.
Huerta, L. A. & Zuckerman, A. (2009). An institutional theory analysis of charter schools: Addressing challenges to scale. Peabody Journal of Education, 84(3), 414-431.
Bodine, E., Fuller, B., González, M. F., Huerta, L. A., Naughton, S., Park, S., Teh, L. W. (2008). Disparities in charter school resources: The influence of state policy and community conditions. Journal of Education Policy, 23(1), 1-33
Huerta, L. A. & d’Entremont, C. (2007). Education tax credits in a post-Zelman era: Legal, political and policy alternative to vouchers? Educational Policy, January/March 21(1), 73-109.
d’Entremont, C. & Huerta, L. A. (2007). Irreconcilable differences? Education vouchers and the suburban response. Educational Policy, January/March 21(1), 40-72.
Greene, G. K., Huerta, L. A. & Richards, C. E. (2007). Getting real: A different perspective on the relationship between school resources and student outcomes. Journal of Education Finance, 33(1), 49-68.
Huerta, L. A., González, M. F. & d’Entremont, C. (2006). Cyber and home school charter schools: Adopting policy to new forms of public schooling. Peabody Journal of Education, 81(1), 103-139.
Huerta, L. A., d’Entremont, C &. González, M. F. (2006). Cyber charter schools: Can accountability keep pace with innovation? Phi Delta Kappan, September, 23-30.
Huerta, L. A. (2006). Next steps for results: The improved school finance and the CFE v. State of New York case. Journal of Education Finance, 31(4), 379-394.
Grubb, W. N., Huerta, L. A. & Goe, L. (2006). Straw into gold, revenues into results: Spinning out the implications of the improved school finance. Journal of Education Finance, 31(4), 334-359.
Grubb, W. N., Goe, L., & Huerta, L. A. (2004). The unending search for equity: California policy, the improved school finance, and the Williams case. Teachers College Record, 106(11), 2081-2101.
Huerta, L. A. (2000). Losing public accountability? A home schooling charter. In B. Fuller (Ed.), Inside charter schools: The paradox of radical decentralization. (pp. 177-202), Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Wexler, E. & Huerta, L. A. (2000). An empowering spirit is not enough: A Latino charter school struggles over leadership. In B. Fuller (Ed.), Inside charter schools: The paradox of radical decentralization. (pp. 98-123), Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Finkelstein, N., Furry, W., & Huerta, L. A. (2000). School finance in California: Does history provide a sufficient policy standard? In E. Burr, G. C. Hayward, B. Fuller & M. W. Kirst (Eds.) Crucial issues in California education 2000: Are the reform pieces fitting together (pp.45-78). Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California.
Opinion-Editorials
Huerta, L. A. (2014, December 10). High suspension rates at charters schools don’t help students. In Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News, Keeping only the best behaved, Opinion–Editorial, The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/12/10/are-charter-schools-cherry-picking-students/charter-schools-do-a-disservice-to-their-students
Huerta, L. A. (2013, April 21). Doubling Down on Testing Is a Failed Wager, In A Nation at Risk, 30 Years Later, Education Week, http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/op_education/a-nation-at-risk/
Huerta, L. A. (2011, January 4). Uniting fiscal and social conservatism. In Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News, Do Home Schoolers Deserve a Tax Break?, Opinion–Editorial, The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/01/04/do-home-schoolers-deserve-a-tax-break
Henig, J. & Huerta, L. A. (2010, March 14). The economic vise. In Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News, The Push-Back on Charter Schools, Opinion–Editorial, The New York Times. http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/the-push-back-on-charter-schools/
Huerta, L. A. & Fuller, B. (2008, July 7). Scorekeeper for schools. New York Sun, Opinion–Editorial, p.B8.
Berliner, D., Farrel, W., Huerta, L. A., Mickelson, R. (2001, February 22). Vouchers: No solution to educating the poor. Arizona Republic, Opinion-Editorial, p. B9.
Huerta, L. A. (2000, October 19). Proposition 38 makes promises it cannot keep. San Francisco Chronicle, Opinion-Editorial, p. A3.
Fuller, B. & Huerta, L. A. (2000, July 20). State action deserves a lot of credit for better test scores. Los Angeles Times, Opinion-Editorial, p. B11.
Encyclopedia Entries
Huerta, L. A. (2012). Tuition tax credits and equity. In J. Banks (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education. (pp. 1708-1711), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers.
Huerta, L. A. (2012). Charter schools and minority achievement. In J. Banks (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education. (pp. 316-321), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers.
d’Entremont, C. & Huerta, L. A. (2012). Privatization and minority student achievement. In J. Banks (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education. (pp. 2192-2196), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers.
Huerta, L. A. & Hatch, T. (2009). School reform. In R. A. Shweder (Ed.) The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion (pgs. 863-865), Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Policy Reports / Monographs/Reviews
Huerta, L. A. & Baisden, T. (2024). Strengthening oversight of education savings account (ESA) funding for private and at-home schooling. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/esa-vouchers
Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., & Shafer, S. R. (2023). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality, and teacher quality. In Molnar, A., Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., Glover, A., Bill, K., Miron, Gulosino, C., & Boninger, F.(Eds.), Virtual schools in the U.S. 2020: Politics, performance, policy, and research evidence. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L.A. & Koutsavlis, S. (2022). Review of “Fiscal effects of school choice: Analyzing the costs and savings of private school choice programs in America.” Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/fiscaleffects
Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., & Shafer, S. R. (2021). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality, and teacher quality. In Miron, G., Barbour, M.K., Huerta, L., Shafer, S.R., Rice, J.K.,Glover, A., Browning, N., Hagle, S., & Boninger, F. (Eds.), Virtual schools in the U.S. 2020: Politics, performance, policy, and research evidence. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., Shafer, S. R. (2019). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality, and teacher quality, In A. Molnar (Ed.), Molnar, A., Miron, G., Shank, C., Davidson, C., Barbour, M.K., Huerta, L., Shafter, S.R., Rice, J.K. (2019). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2018. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L. A. & Koutsavlis, S. (2018). Review of “Fiscal Effects of School Vouchers: Examining the savings and costs of America’s Private School Voucher Programs.” Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center
Huerta, L. A. & Koutsavlis, S. (2017). Review of “The Tax-Credit Scholarship Audit: Do Publicly Funded Private School Choice Programs Save Money?” Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center
Barbour, M. K., Miron, G., & Huerta, L. (2017). Virtual schools in the U.S.: Case studies of policy, performance, and research evidence. Lansing, MI: Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute.
Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., Shafer, S. R. & Nitkin, D. (2017). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality, and teacher quality, In A. Molnar (Ed.), Molnar, A., Miron, G., Gulosino, C., Shank, C., Davidson, C., Barbour, M.K., Huerta, L., Shafter, S.R., Rice, J.K., & Nitkin, D. (2017). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2017. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L. A. & Shafer, S. R. (2015). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality, and teacher quality In A. Molnar (Ed.), Huerta, L. A., Shafer, S. R., Barbour, M.K., Miron, G., Gulosino, C. Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2015: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., & Shafer, S. R. (2014). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality, and teacher quality, In A. Molnar (Ed.), Rice, J.K., Huerta, L. A., Shafer, S. R., Barbour, M.K., Miron, G., Gulosino, C, Horvitz, B. Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L. A., Rice, J. K., & Shafer, S. R. (2013). Key policy issues in virtual schools: Finance and governance, instructional quality and teacher quality. In A. Molnar (Ed.), Miron, G., Huerta, L. A., Cuban, L., Horvitz, B., Gulosino, C., Rice, J.K., & Shafer, S.R. Virtual schools in the U.S. 2013: Politics, performance, policy, and research evidence. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
Huerta, L. A. (2012). Review of “Teachers in the age of digital instruction: Creating sound policy for digital learning.” Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-teachers-digital-age
Huerta, L. A. (2009). Review of three tuition-tax-credit voucher reports from the Friedman Foundation. Boulder and Tempe: Education and the Public Interest Center & Education Policy Research Unit. http://epicpolicy.org/thinktank/reviewtuition-tax-credits
Huerta, L. A. & d’Entremont, C. (2006). Tax credits as legal, political and policy alternative to vouchers? Occasional Paper Series #131. New York, NY: National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teachers College-Columbia University.
d’Entremont, C. & Huerta, L. A. (2006). Irreconcilable differences? Education vouchers and the suburban response. Occasional Paper Series #137. New York, NY: National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teachers College-Columbia University.
Huerta, L. A. & González, M. F. (2004). Cyber and home school charter schools: How states are defining new forms of public schooling. Occasional Paper Series #87. New York, NY: National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teachers College-Columbia University.
Grubb, W. N. & Huerta, L. A. (2001). Straw into gold, resources into results: Spinning out the implications of the new school finance (Research Series No. 01-1). Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California.
Fuller, B., Huerta, L. A., & Ruenzel, D. (2000). A costly gamble or serious reform? California’s school voucher initiative—Proposition 38. Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California.
Fuller, B., Burr, E., Huerta, L. A., Puryear, S., & Wexler, E. (1999). School choice: Abundant hopes, scarce evidence of results. Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California.
Fuller, B. & Huerta, L. A. (1999). Review of competition in education: A 1999 update of school choice in Massachusetts. Boston, MA: Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research.
Huerta, L. A., Puryear, S., & Wexler, E. (1999). Policy brief. School choice grows with scare evidence of effects. In Policy Analysis for California Education Newsletter Vol.2(1). Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California.
Huerta, L. A. (1997). Policy brief. Charter schools: Are they more effective? In Policy Analysis for California Education Newsletter Vol.1(1). Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California.
Legislative and Legal Testimony
Huerta, L. A. (2018, March 13). Vouchers and charter schools. An analysis of evidence. Testimony on Education Reform Act of Puerto Rico S. 825, Puerto Rico Legislature, Senate Committee on Education.
Huerta, L. A. (2017, July 21). Vouchers and tuition tax credits: An analysis of claims, assumptions and evidence. Testimony on SB 2, Texas State Senate, Senate Committee on Education.
Huerta, L. A. (2016, October 17). Vouchers and tuition tax credits: An analysis of claims, assumptions and evidence. Testimony on Education Savings Accounts, Vouchers and Tuition Tax Credits, Texas House of Representatives, Committee on Public Education.
Huerta, L. A. (2016, February 3). Vouchers and tuition tax credits: An analysis of claims, assumptions and evidence. Testimony on Expanding Educational Opportunity Through School Choice, United States House of Representatives, Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Huerta, L. A. (2015, Mach 27). Vouchers and tuition tax credits: An analysis of claims, assumptions and evidence. Testimony on SB 642, SB 276, SB 4, Texas House of Representatives, Committee on Public Education.
Huerta, L. A. (2014). Analysis of the Florida tax credit scholarship program and John M. McKay scholarship program for students with disabilities. Expert testimony submitted for Citizens for Strong Schools v. Florida State Board of Education (2015).
Huerta, L. A. (2012, October 8). Framing an accountability blueprint for virtual schools in Texas, Testimony to Texas State Senate, Austin, TX; Senate Committee on Education
Huerta, L. A. (March, 2005). Next steps for results: The improved school finance and the CFE v. State of New York case. Expert testimony/policy report submitted for Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York (2005)
Grubb, W. N., Goe, L., & Huerta, L. A. (2003). The unending search for equity: California policy, the improved school finance, and the Williams case. Expert testimony/policy report submitted for Williams et al. v. State of California (2003). ( served as expert witness )
Finkelstein, N. & Huerta, L. A. (2000, February). National perspectives on educational adequacy. Testimony to California State Legislature. Sacramento, CA: Select Committee on School Funding Reform.