Professional Background
Assistant Professor of Education
Educational Background
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Educational Foundations (Sociology) and Public Policy
M.Ed., University of Virginia, Social Foundations of Education
M.M., University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music
B.M.Ed., Ohio State University
Scholarly Interests
A Sociologist of Education, his research examines the influence of educational policies and practices on educational equity and access. Two strands comprise this work. The first focuses on high school reform in general, and the small-schools movement in particular. His second research strand employs large nationally-representative datasets and growth curve modeling within HLM frameworks to examine race and social class disparities in young children's cognitive growth.
Selected Publications
Lee, V.E., & Ready, D.D. (2009). The U.S.
Ready, D.D. & Lee, V.E. (2008). Choice, stratification, and the schools-within-schools reform. Teachers College Record, 110(9), 1930-1958.
Burkam, D.T., LoGerfo, L.F., Ready, D.D., & Lee, V.E. (2007). The differential effects of repeating kindergarten. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 12(2), 103-136.
Ready, D.D. & Lee, V.E. (2007). Optimal context size in elementary schools: Disentangling the effects of class size and school size. In T. Loveless & F.M. Hess (Eds.), Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2006/2007 (99-135). Washington , D.C.
Lee, V.E. & Ready, D.D. (co-authored; 2007). Schools-within-schools: Possibilities and pitfalls of high school reform. New York
Lee, V.E., Burkam, D.T., Ready, D.D., Honigman, J.J., & Meisels, S.J. (2006). Full-day vs. half-day kindergarten: In which program do children learn more? American Journal of Education, 11(2), 163-208.
Lee, V.E., & Ready, D.D. (2005). The schools-within-schools reform: A viable solution to the problems of large high schools? In T. Urdan and F. Pajares (Eds.), Educating adolescents: Challenges and strategies (179-206). Greenwich , CT
Ready, D.D., LoGerfo, L.F., Lee, V.E., & Burkam, D.T. (2005). Explaining girls' advantage in kindergarten literacy learning: Do classroom behaviors make a difference? Elementary School Journal, 106(1), 21-38.
Ready, D.D., Lee, V.E., & Welner, K. (2004). Educational equity and high school organization. Teachers College Record, 106(10), 1989-2014.
Burkam, D.T., Ready, D.D., Lee, V.E., & LoGerfo, L. (2004). Social-class differences in summer learning between kindergarten and first grade: Model specification and estimation. Sociology of Education, 77(1), 1-31.
Nettles, M.T., Millett, C.M., & Ready, D.D. (2003). High schools on the front line: Attacking the African American/White achievement gap on college admissions tests. In D. Ravitch (Ed.), Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2003 (215-252). Washington
Lee, V.E., Ready, D.D., & Johnson, D.J. (2001). The difficulty of finding rare samples to study: The case of high schools divided into schools-within-schools. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 23(4).
Douglas David Ready
Assistant Professor of Education
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Office Location: 215 Zankel Hall