Carlee Poston Escue Simon
Curriculum Vitae
University of Cincinnati
Educational Leadership
Educational Studies, Educational Policy and Higher Education
College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services
5045 Rollman Estates Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45236
United States
Office: (513) 556-2006
Cell: (513)801-1184
Email: [email protected]
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Educational Administration and Policy: Public School Finance; Research and
Evaluation Methodology (REM) Minor
Minor Specific Courses:
Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research: Integrated coverage of
fundamentals in the general field of education research. Includes statistics,
experimental design, and data processing.
Theory of Measurement: Introductory study of true score models, reliability, validity,
norms, scaling, item analysis, and basic elements of instrument construction.
Advanced Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research: Integrated coverage of
important approaches to educational research. Includes application of experimental
design, regression analysis, and computer processing to selected educational
research problems.
Structural Equation Models: Confirmatory factor analysis and causal models
Evaluation of Educational Products and Systems: Models and methods for formative
and summative evaluation of educational products and programs.
Multilevel Models: Models and methods for analysis of multilevel data.
College of Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2010
Chair: R. Craig Wood
Committee: Linda Eldridge, David S. Honeyman, Bernard Oliver, Maria Coady and M. David
Miller
Dissertation Topic: An Examination Of Adequate Yearly Progress As A Means Of Funding Public
Elementary And Secondary Education For Impoverished Students In A Selected State: Free And
Reduced Lunch And Supplemental Indicators
Master of Education, Educational Administration and Policy
College of Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2007
Bachelor of Design, Architectural Design
College of Architecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2000
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, University of Cincinnati,
Appointed: Fall 2010
(Distance Learning) School Finance
School Finance
Economics of Education
(Distance Learning) Fiscal Aspects of Education
(Distance Learning) Personnel Administration
Trans-disciplinary Collaboration: Inquiry to Innovation Seminar, UG course
Ethics and Educational Leadership
Fiscal Aspects of Education
Introduction to Innovation Transformation, UG course
Personnel Administration
Social, Political, Economic, and Legal Contexts of Urban Educational Leadership
Deputy Chair, National Education Finance Conference (becoming an Academy 2013-14 year)
Appointed: 2010; Transition to Executive Director of the Academy beginning May 2014
This association is composed of academicians, researchers, policy makers,
administrators, and teachers. The mission is to provide a forum truly focused on
school finance to enhance education for both young and adult learners. The
conference provides a venue for collaboration among legislators, postsecondary
education, school district and state agency personnel, professional organizations, and
researchers concerned with the importance of equity, adequacy, and efficiency
concepts that affect state, local, and federal revenue generation, distribution, and
expenditures.
Guest Lecturer, University of Texas at Arlington, K-12 Finance Policy Research, 2009
The course is offered through distant learning. The lecture transpired via WebEx.
Guest lecturer, University of Florida, Public School Finance, 2009
Associate Editor, Florida Journal of Educational Administration & Policy, 2008-2009
The Florida Journal of Educational Administration & Policy is an online, double
blind, peer-reviewed journal published by Educational Administration & Policy at
the University of Florida's College of Education. The Journal is published biannually in the Fall and Spring. Individual responsibilities include receiving and
accepting submissions, communicating with the authors, assigning reviewers and
final publication.
Assistant to the Executive Director, American Education Finance Association, 2007-2010
The responsibilities include all components of organizing a national organization of
over 500 members. This association is composed of academicians, researchers,
policy makers, administrators, and teachers. This position has provided three years
of organizing a yearly national conference with over 400 attendees, maintaining
membership and website, and managing program layout and organization.
K-12 Teaching Experience
Florida Virtual School (FLVS) – State of Florida
Subject Matter Expert, 3/2007 – 3/2009; 2/2011 – 6/2011
Writing Algebra 1 core and remediation online curriculum and course evaluation
with FLVS as an independent contractor. The entire school district is an internet
based school. The curriculums are designed as interactive distant learning tools.
Responsibilities include creative curriculum writing and evaluation incorporating
interactive games and lessons supporting innovative distant education.
P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, University of Florida- Gainesville, FL
Teacher, 2005-2006
Mathematics, Grades 9-12
J.W. Mitchell High School – Trinity, FL
Teacher, 2001-2005
Mathematics, Grades 10-12
Previous Licensure and Certification
Florida Professional Educator’s Certificate, Technology Education (grades 6-12)
Florida Professional Educator’s Certificate, Mathematics (grades 6-12)
Florida Professional Educator’s Certificate, Educational Leadership (all levels)
Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles:
Thro, William and Carlee Poston Escue. “Doubt or Deference: Comparing the South Dakota and
Washington School Finance Decisions.” West’s Education Law Reporter, 281Ed. Law Rep.
#2 (August 2012), 771-790.
Escue, Carlee Poston and Christopher Swoboda. “Hierarchical Linear Modeling of School and
District AYP Reports: Florida Education Funding Decisions.” Journal of Education Finance
(Accepted).
Escue, Carlee Poston. “Adequate Yearly Progress as a Means of Funding Public Elementary and
Secondary Education for Impoverished Students: Florida Funding.” Journal of Education
Finance 37:4 (Spring 2012), 347-373.
Escue, Carlee Poston, William Thro, and R. Craig Wood, R. “Some Perspectives on Recent School
Finance Litigation.” West’s Education Law Reporter, 268 Ed. Law Rep. 601 (August 2011).
Escue, Carlee Poston and R. Craig Wood. “Zuni Versus the Department of Education: The Impact
of Fiscal Equity.” Planning and Changing 41:3/4 (Winter 2010), 187-197.
Wood R. Craig, Linda Eldridge, Harbour, H., Homard, J., Testa, M., and Carlee Poston Escue.
“The Reality and Conflict of Principal’s Training Programs Within Best Education Schools
Specialty Rankings: Educational Administration & Supervision as Identified by U.S. News
& World Report.” SRCEA 2010 Yearbook.
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters:
Escue, Carlee Poston. “Should the leadership of each individual school have the authority to
determine how money is spent at that particular school?” Debating issues in American
education, edited by William Thro (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.,
September 2012).
Escue, Carlee Poston. “Should schools base teacher salaries on student performance?” Debating
issues in American education, edited by William Thro (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications, Inc., September 2012).
Other:
Akin, Jacob, Carlee Poston Escue, and Randall S. Vesely. “State of the States: Ohio 2013.”
Contributing author, (Winter 2014) Journal of Education Finance, 39(3).
Escue, Carlee Poston. “Economic Hardships: Exploring Alternative Funding Sources.” National
Center for Educational Statistics, Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education, (July 2011), available online at
http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/statsdc/2011/Session_XI.asp#H
Escue, Carlee Poston and R. Craig Wood. “Identification, Distribution and School-level Allocation:
Providing a Poverty Index Model Recognizing Distinctive Needs of Schools.” National
Center for Educational Statistics, Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education, (July 2010), available online at
http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/statsdc/2010/session_IV.asp
Syed, Syraj and Carlee Poston Escue. “Reflections on the Uses of the Academic Journal in
Socialization of the New Scholar.” Florida Journal of Educational Administration & Policy
3, no. 1 (2009), 62-68.
Wood R. Craig and Carlee Poston Escue. “Education Finance Distribution Formulas and Poverty
Index Models.” National Center for Educational Statistics, Institute of Educational Sciences,
U.S. Department of Education, (July 2009), available online at
http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/statsdc/2009/index.asp
Wood R. Craig, Deziree Elliot, Carlee Poston Escue, and Anyjah Neverson Heatley. “North
Carolina School Boards Association v. Moore: A Decision Without a Solution,” ELA Notes
(2008).
Manuscripts in Progress
Beese, Jane, Lenford Sutton, Carlee Escue Simon (In Progress). The Political Boundaries of School
Choice and Privatization in Ohio
Sutton, Lenford, Jane Beese, and Carlee Escue Simon (In Progress). The Next Manufactured
Crisis: Over-subscribed Charter Schools and De-Regulations
Simon, Carlee Escue, Jane Beese, and Lenford Sutton (In Progress). Education Reform Efforts
Driving Inequity: Choice and Common Schools in Ohio
Decker, Janet, Carlee Poston Escue and Amy L. Dagley. (In Progress). National War on Collective
Bargaining: November 2010 Elections.
Escue, Carlee Poston (In Progress). “Amendment Strike Down and Public Education: Florida
Supreme Court Decisions to Remove Amendments 5, 7 and 9 from the General Election
Ballot.”
Presentations
Simon, Carlee Escue, Jane Beese, and Lenford Sutton (accepted April 2014). Political Landscape,
Funding Inequities, and Education Reform: Ohio. Presenting to National Education Finance
Conference, Louisville, KY
Kiracofe, Christine, Carlee Poston Escue Simon, Spencer C. Weiler (Invited Feb. 2014). Special
Topic Webinar for Education Law Association. Transitioning from Student to Scholar:
Lessons Learned Related to Doctoral Studies, Completing Disseration, Searching for a
Position in Academia, and Excelling as an Assistant Professor.
Schroeder, Sarah, Julie Breen, Annie Bauer, Carlee Escue, and Todd Haydon (November 2013).
Redesigning, Rethinking, and reVisioning: The Power of Faculty-Driven Course
Improvement Plans. Panel Presentation to The Sloan Consortium International Conference
on Online Learning, Orlando, FL
Escue, Carlee Poston (Nov. 2013). Why Can’t Ohio Equitably Fund Public Education? Presented to
the Education Law Association, Denver, CO
Kiracofe, Christine, Carlee Poston Escue Simon, Spencer C. Weiler (Nov. 2013). Transitioning
from Student to Scholar: Lessons Learned Related to Doctoral Studies, Completing
Disseration, Searching for a Position in Academia, and Excelling as an Assistant Professor.
Round table presentation to the Education Law Association, Denver, CO
Grant-Overton, Cosette M., Carlee Poston Escue, Corey Bower, Yi-Hwa Liou, Wayne D. Lewis,
Joel Abaya, Anjale Welton, Annette Franklin, Nick J. Sauers, Janet R. Decker, Amanda Bell
Werts (Nov. 2013). Advice on the Dissertation From Alumni. Presented to University
Council for Educational Administration, Indianapolis, IN
Escue, Carlee Poston, Senator Peggy Lehner, Representative Denise Driehaus, Andy Benson, and
Robin White (August 2013). What Now? How will Ohio’s New Budget Bill Affect School
Districts in Southwest Ohio?. Public Panel presentation for the Economics Center,
Cincinnati, OH
Bauries, Scott, Carlee Poston Escue, William Thro, and R. Craig Wood (May 2013). Recent
Developments in School Finance Litigation. Presented to the National Education Finance
Conference, Indianapolis, IN
White, Vanessa Y. and Carlee Poston Escue (May 2013). Will Ohio’s New State Funding Plan
Provide the Equity We Have Been Waiting For? Presented to the National Education
Finance Conference, Indianapolis, IN
Escue, Carlee Poston, Robert Knoepple, Christine Kiracofe, Spencer Weiler, and Brittany Larkin,
presider (May 2013). Pre-Conference Workshop (Organizer): Transitioning the Graduate
Student to Faculty Member. Presented to the National Education Finance Conference,
Indianapolis, IN
Escue, Carlee Poston and Vanessa Y. White (May 2013). State of the States; Ohio. Presented to the
National Education Finance Conference, Indianapolis, IN
Thro, William and Carlee Poston Escue (March 2012). Doubt, Not Deference: A Emerging Trend
in School Finance Litigation. National Education Finance Conference, San Antonio, TX
Escue, Carlee Poston, R. Gregg Tracy, and Daniel J. Milz. (January 2012). Leading in Urban
Schools: Training, Culture, Values, and Untruths. National Urban Education Conference,
Institute for Urban Education, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH
Escue, Carlee Poston (December 2011). Invited Presentation- Education Finance School Law
Podcast, Education Law Association.
Symposium (November 2011). UC3: Cross Campus Certificate In Innovation And
Entrepreneurship - Carlee Poston Escue, College of Education; Jason Heikenfeld, Novel
Devices Laboratory; Charles H. Matthews Center For Entrepreneurship Education &
Research; and Steven Doehler, Industrial Design. Symposium presentation for the annual
meeting of National Entrepreneurship Education Forum, Cincinnati, OH
Decker, Janet, Carlee Poston Escue, and Chad Packer (November, 2011). National War on
Collective Bargaining. Paper presentation for the annual meeting of the Education Law
Association, Chicago, IL
Wood, R. Craig, William Thro, M. David Alexander, Christine Kiracofe, and Carlee Poston Escue:
presider. (November, 2011). It’s All About the Money: Perspectives on the State of School
Finance. Panel presentation for the annual meeting of the Education Law Association,
Chicago, IL
Escue, Carlee Poston (July 2011). Invited Presenter, Economic Hardships: Exploring Alternative
Funding Sources. National Center for Educational Statistics, Institute of Educational
Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Bethesda, MD
Packer, Chad and Carlee Poston Escue. (May 2011). The Financial Health of Ohio Public School
Districts During and After DeRolph v State I-IV: Economic Health and Legislative
Mandates. Presenting to the National Education Finance Conference Annual meeting,
Tampa, FL
Escue, Carlee Poston (March 2011). 2010 State of the States and Provinces: Florida. Presenting to
the Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
Decker, Janet, Carlee Poston Escue, and R. Gregg Tracy. (January 2011). Training School Leaders
in Urban Environments: Ethics, Leadership, Legal Responsibilities and Funding. National
Urban Education Conference, Institute for Urban Education, Central State University,
Wilberforce, OH
Thro, William, R. Craig Wood, and Carlee Poston Escue. (November 2010). School Funding
Litigation: Contemporary Expansion. Education Law Association Annual Meeting,
Vancouver, Canada
Escue, Carlee Poston and Syraj Syed. (October 2010). Examining Leadership Decision Making
Given School-Level Funding Resources: What are the Determining Factors that Drive or
Restrain Decisions in Mitigating the Effects of Impoverished Schools and Attaining
Educational Adequacy? University Council for Educational Administration Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, LA
Escue, Carlee Poston and R. Craig Wood. (July 2010). Invited Presenter, Identification,
Distribution and School-level Allocation: Providing a Poverty Index Model Recognizing
Distinctive Needs of Schools. National Center for Educational Statistics, Institute of
Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Bethesda, MD
Escue, Carlee Poston. (March 2010). Structural Equation Modeling Path Analysis and District AYP
Reports: Florida Education Funding Decisions. Presenting to the American Education
Finance Association Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA
Escue, Carlee Poston. (March 2010). Hierarchical Linear Modeling of School and District AYP
Reports: Florida Education Funding Decisions. Presenting to the American Education
Finance Association Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA
Escue, Carlee Poston and John Dayton. (October 2009). Amendment Strike Down and Public
Education: Florida Supreme Court Decisions to Remove Amendments 5, 7 and 9 from the
General Election Ballot, Presented to the Education Law Association Annual Meeting,
Louisville, KY
Wood, R. Craig, Linda B. Eldridge, Harbour, H., Homard, J., Testa, M., and Escue, C. P. (October
2009). "The Reality and Conflict of Principal's Training Programs Within Best Education
Schools Specialty Rankings: Education Administration & Supervision as Identified by U.S.
News & World Report, Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration Annual
Meeting, Atlanta, GA
Escue, Carlee Poston and R. Craig Wood. (July 2009). Invited Presenter, Education Finance
Distribution Formulas and Poverty Index Models. National Center for Educational Statistics,
Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Bethesda, MD
Escue, Carlee Poston and Patrice Iatarola. (March 2009). 2009 State of the States and Provinces:
Florida. Presented to the American Education Finance Association, Nashville, TN
Escue, Carlee Poston (March 2009). Statistical Analysis of Interpretations of the Federal Range
Ratio: Zuni v. the Department of Education. Presented to the American Education Finance
Association, Nashville, TN
Escue, Carlee Poston and Zaria Malcolm. (March 2009). Higher Education Act Reauthorization:
Implications of Policy on the State of Florida. Presented to the American Education Finance
Association, Nashville, TN
Wood, R. Craig and Carlee Poston Escue. (November 2008). Zuni v. Department of Education:
Statistical Equity Defined by the U.S. Supreme Court. Presented to the Education Law
Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX
Escue, Carlee Poston and Brittany Larkin. (November 2008). Comparative Study of Pre-K
Programs and Funding in the Fifty States. Presented at the Association for the Advancement
of Educational Research Annual Meeting, Hutchinson Island, FL
Escue, Carlee Poston (April 2008). An Examination and Analysis of the Fiscal Issues Associated
with the Nation’s Largest Online School: The Florida Virtual School. Presented to the
American Education Finance Association, Denver, CO
Grants
Career Center Development Consultant (Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq). Grant University
Linkages Program through the US State Department, (Grant #S-IZ-100-10-GR-005) and the
FHI 360. Start date: 5/25/10, End date:12/31/12.
Innovation Council UCForward Grant, University of Cincinnati. $30,000 for three years to develop
sustainability for cross-disciplinary co-teaching curriculum.
Editorial Advisory Board
Journal of Education Finance, Invited August 2013.
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
Spring 2013
Journal of Education Finance Article of the Year
Award, 2012 Volume, National Education Finance
Conference
Spring 2012
2012 Outstanding Dissertation Award, National
Education Finance Conference. Double-Blind Peer
Review
Fall 2011-Present
Research Fellowship, Economic Center, University of
Cincinnati
Spring 2009
David L. Clark National Graduate Student Scholar in
Educational Administration and Policy. American
Educational Research Association, University Council
For Educational Administration, and SAGE
Publications sponsored research seminar
Spring 2009
J .W. Martin and A. M. Martin Phillips Scholarship
Awarded by University of Florida
$3000
February 2008
Student of the Month
Department of Educational Administration and Policy
Fall 2007
J .W. Martin and A. M. Martin Phillips Scholarship
Awarded by University of Florida
$2500
Service
Program:
Recruitment Committee, Educational Leadership, School of Education, University of Cincinnati,
2011- present
Educational Leadership Search Committee, Educational Leadership, School of Education,
University of Cincinnati, 2010-2011
Coauthor, Phase 1 - Program Strategy and Position Document - Urban Educational Leadership,
Strategy for Excellence in Doctoral Education Provostal Report, 2010- 2011
School:
Ph.D. Council Representative for Educational Policy and Higher Education Area of Concentration,
Educational Studies Ph.D. Term: 2012-2014
Ph.D. Development Working Group Committee, School of Education, University of Cincinnati,
2011-2012
Higher Education Search Committee, School of Education, University of Cincinnati, 2011-2012
Ad Hoc Workload Policy Committee, School of Education, University of Cincinnati, 2011
College:
Co-Organizer, Power Fridays: Empowering Academic Research, University of Cincinnati, 2013present
Co-Organizer, Junior Faculty Mentoring Group, University of Cincinnati, 2011- present
University:
UCForward Curriculum Subcommittee, University of Cincinnati, Fall 2013
UCForward Director Search Committee, University of Cincinnati, Spring 2012
UCForward Curriculum, Training, and Research Consultant, Reporting to Vice-Provost Gisela
Escoe, Spring 2012
Doctoral Review Faculty Assessment Panel, Program Representative, Graduate School, University
of Cincinnati, 2011
University Faculty Senate Standing Committee on Governance and By-laws, term period 20112014.
Chair, UC3: Conceptualize, Commercialize, Change! Committee, University of Cincinnati
2010-present, serving as chair for 2011-2012.
Developed Undergraduate Certificate in Innovation Transformation, one of the first
multidisciplinary certificates under the UCForward initiative 2011-2012.
Presentations Marketing UC3 and UCForward:
Cincinnati Business Committee: Regional Innovation Task Force (RITF) Invited Presenters
(November 2011)
UC3: Cross Campus Certificate In Innovation And Entrepreneurship - Carlee Poston Escue,
College of Education; Jason Heikenfeld, Novel Devices Laboratory; Mary Beth Privitera,
College of Engineering, College of Medicine; Charles H. Matthews Center For
Entrepreneurship Education & Research; Joanna Mitro, McMicken College of Arts and
Sciences; and Steven Doehler, Industrial Design. Symposium presentation for the annual
meeting of National Entrepreneurship Education Forum, Cincinnati, OH (November 2011)
Innovation Committee, UCForward, University of Cincinnati, 2010-present
Collaborative Interdisciplinary Project regarding school facilities design with Patricia Kucker,
A.I.A. Associate Professor of Architecture, School of Architecture and Interior Design. This
is an ongoing collaborative project where policy, finance, education, cognitive development
and architectural design are integrated for a master’s level graduate course. (2011)
Community:
Invited Presenter, Valley Association of School Administrators---Analysis of Ohio Education Funding,
September 2013
Volunteer Presenter, US Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program—Education Reform
in the U.S., Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council, February 2012
Advisory Board, Institute for Urban Education, Central State University, 2010-present
Profession:
Co-Chair, 2013 Annual Conference Program Committee, Education Law Association
Deputy Chair, National Education Finance Conference, 2010-present
Assistant to the Executive Director, American Education Finance Association, 2007-2010
Associate Editor, Florida Journal of Educational Administration & Policy, 2008-2009
Organizational Membership
Sloan Consortium (2013-present)
National Education Finance Conference (2010-present)
Association for Education Finance and Policy: formerly American Education Finance Association
(AEFA) (2007 – present)
American Educational Research Association (2008 - present)
Education Law Association (2008 - present)
University Council for Educational Administration (2007- present)