Valerie E. Lee

velee@umich.edu

Professor of Education and Faculty Associate, ISR

Lee received an Ed.D. from Harvard University. Her research, using both qualitative and quantitative methods, focuses on social equity in educational settings. She investigates the social distribution of achievement within schools, as well as how characteristics of the social and academic organizations of schools influence students' academic and social development. Currently, her research interests involve the social context of early childhood education, school size, school-based social capital, and high schools divided into schools-within-schools.

Selected Publications:

Lee, (2001), "Restructuring High Schools for Equity and Excellence:  What Works." New York:  Teachers College Press.

Lee, Ready, and Johnson, (in press), Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

Lee, (2000), Educational Psychologist.

Lee and Smith, (1999), American Educational Research Journal.

Lee, Smerdon, Alfeld-Liro, and Brown, (2000), Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.