2021 Laureate · Higher Education
Carol D. Lee
Edwina S. Tarry Professor Emerita
School of Education and Social Policy
Northwestern University
Citation
Recipient of the 2021 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education — Higher Education.
Biography
Carol D. Lee has reshaped the learning sciences by showing how culture and identity are inseparable from how young people learn. The Edwina S. Tarry Professor Emerita at Northwestern University, her Cultural Modeling framework connects students' everyday knowledge to rigorous academic work, and she has been a founder of African-centered schools in Chicago.
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