Research

Peer-reviewed publications

Lee, M. H., & Djita, R. R. (2025). Spiritual formation in the home: An analysis of family devotions and quality of parent-child relationships. Journal of Religious Education, 73(1): 57-74. doi:10.1007/s40839-025-00257-4.

Kisida, B., Ritter, G., Gontram, J., Anglum, J. C., Erickson, H. H., Leatherwood, D., & Lee, M. H. (2025). Bridging the divide over critical race theory in America’s classrooms. Education Next. https://www.educationnext.org/bridging-the-divide-over-critical-race-theory-americas-classrooms-debate-woke-instruction/. 

Thompson, J., Lee, M. H., & Wearne, E. (2024). Are hybrid schoolers reluctant to participate in private school choice programs? Experimental evidence from a national sample of hybrid school leaders. Journal of School Choice, 18(4): 653-667. doi:10.1080/15582159.2024.2422248.

Lee, M. H., Djita, R. R., & Price, E. W. (2024). Spiritual formation in college and university: Do students in religious higher education institutions feel more supported in their faith? Christian Higher Education, 23(5): 429-444. doi:10.1080/15363759.2024.2358035. 

Lee, M. H., Johnson, A., & Cheng, A. (2024). How do parents choose schools for their children? Experimental evidence from the private Christian school sector. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. doi:10.1111/jssr.12911. 

Lee, M. H., Price, E. W., & Swaner, L. E. (2024). The effect of private school choice regulations on school participation: Experimental evidence from the Christian school sector. Journal of School Choice, 18(1). doi:10.1080/15582159.2022.2113011.

Johnson, A. H., Lee, M. H., & Cheng, A. (2024). Which characteristics do religious school administrators value in teachers? Experimental evidence from the global Christian school sector. Journal of Religious Education. doi:10.1007/s40839-024-00221-8.

Lee, M. H., & Swaner, L. E. (2023). Supportive leadership, teacher wellness, and school promotion. Journal of Research on Christian Education, 32(3). doi:10.1080/10656219.2023.2284798.

Price, E. W., & Lee, M. H. (2023). Principled politics, regulatory reluctance: Conditions moderating private school choice program participation. Journal of School Choice. doi:10.1080/15582159.2023.2233322. 

Swaner, L. E., Eckert, J., Ellefsen, E., & Lee, M. H. (2023). Innovative structural and financial models in Christian education. International Journal of Educational Development, 100. doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2023.102784. 

Lee, M. H., & Wai, J. (2023). Initial vs. retest GRE performance: A study of one million Graduate Record Examination test-retest observations. Personality and Individual Differences, 207. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2023.112180.

Cheng, A., Lee, M. H., & Djita, R. R. (2023). A cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between Sabbath practices and US, Canadian, Indonesian, and Paraguayan teachers’ burnout. Journal of Religion and Health, 62(2). doi:10.1007/s10943-022-01647-w. 

Wai, J., Lee, M. H., & Kell, H. J. (2022). Distributions of academic math-verbal tilt and overall academic skill of students specializing in different fields: A study of 1.6 million graduate record examination test takers. Intelligence, 95. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2022.101701.

Lee, M. H., & Beck, M. I. (2022). Assessing the impact of Holocaust education on adolescents’ civic values: Experimental evidence from Arkansas. Evaluation Review, 45(6). doi:10.1177/0193841X211069432.

Lee, M. H., & Cheng, A. (2021). The preparation and practice of Protestant school leadership: Evidence from a nationally representative U.S. sample. Journal of Research on Christian Education, 30(3): 244-269. doi:10.1080/10656219.2021.1986443.

Lee, M. H., Mills, J. N., & Wolf, P. J. (2020). Heterogeneous achievement impacts across schools in the Louisiana Scholarship Program. Journal of School Choice, 14(2): 1-26. doi:10.1080/15582159.2020.1756719.

Books, book chapters, and book reviews

Lee, M. H. (2024). Review of The case for parental choice: God, family, and educational liberty and Unproductive school choice debates: All sides assert much that is wrong, misleading, or irrelevant. Journal of Church & State, 67(1). doi:10.1093/jcs/csae073.

Lee, M. H. (2024). Review of The two-parent privilege: How Americans stopped getting married and started falling behind. Journal of School Choice, 18(1). doi:10.1080/15582159.2024.2307280.

Swaner, L. E., & Lee, M. H. (2024). Catalytic improvement communities and educator flourishing in Christian schools. In J. Eckert & B. Carpenter (Eds.), Catalytic improvement communities: Cultivating flourishing schools (pp. 151-169). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Lee, M. H., & Price, E. W. (2023). Flourishing faith, flourishing schools: A review of the literature on faith formation in Christian schools. In L. E. Swaner (Ed.), Leading insights: Biblical worldview and spiritual formation (pp. 21-39). Colorado Springs, CO: Purposeful Design Publications.

Swaner, L. E., Eckert, J., Ellefsen, E., & Lee, M. H. (2022). Future ready: Innovative missions and models in Christian education. Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International; Hamilton, ON: Cardus. 

Lee, M. H. (2021). The parent perspective. In L. E. Swaner (Ed.), Leading insights: Special education and inclusion (pp. 57-60). Colorado Springs, CO: Purposeful Design Publications. 

Dombrowski, E. L., & Lee, M. H. (2021). Reimagining finance and sustainability: From limits to possibilities. In L. E. Swaner (Ed.), Leading insights: Special education and inclusion (pp. 85-95). Colorado Springs, CO: Purposeful Design Publications.

Lee, M. H. (2020). Review of In search of deeper learning: The quest to remake the American high school. Journal of School Choice, 14(3), 522-526. doi:10.1080/15582159.2020.1815465.

Bedrick, J. M., Greene, J. P., & Lee, M. H. (Eds.). (2020, September 1). Religious liberty and education: A case study of yeshivas vs. New York. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN-10: 1475854390.

Lee, M. H. (2019). Review of Children at the center: Transforming early childhood education in the Boston Public Schools. Journal of School Choice, 13(1), 125-127. doi:10.1080/15582159.2019.1574332.

Other publications

Lee, M. H. (2024). Research supports expansion of vouchers, other school choice plans. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 

Lee, M. H. (2024). School choice opponents continue to mislead. Atlanta, GA: Georgia Public Policy Foundation.

Lee, M. H., Johnson, A., & Cheng, A. (2023). Would you rather have academic or religious instruction? Yes, please. Engage by EdChoice (blog).

Lee, M. H. (2023). A prophet of school choice. Law & Liberty.

Wai, J. (with Lee, M. H.). (2023). GPT retook the GRE and improved: Could you? Forbes. 

Lee, M. H., & Swaner, L. E. (2023). Public schools have lost over a million students. Here’s where they’re going. National Review. 

Lee, M. H., Watson, A. R., & Wolf, P. J. (2020). Homeschooling: Innocent until proven guilty. redefinED Blog.

Wolf, P. J., Lee, M. H., & Watson, A. R. (2020). Harvard Law professor’s attack on homeschooling is a flawed failure. And terribly timed, too. Education Next Blog.