The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education is awarded annually by the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation and

University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, commonly known as Penn GSE, is an Ivy League top-ranked educational research school in the United States. Formally established as a school at the University of Pennsylvania in 1914, Penn ...

(Penn GSE) to recognize outstanding individuals who have dedicated themselves to improving education through new approaches and whose accomplishments are making a difference in Pre-K-12 education, higher education, and learning science research around the world. The McGraw Prize was established in 1988 to honor Harold W. McGraw, Jr.'s lifelong commitment to education and literacy. In 2020 McGraw-Hill Education formed
partnership
with Penn GSE to manage the annual McGraw Prize program. McGraw Prize winners are chosen over three rounds of judging, including review by independent researchers and Penn GSE faculty, staff, students, and alumni with expertise in education. A distinguished jury of peers reviews a shortlist of Finalists and recommends one Honoree in each category to win the McGraw Prize in Education. The Prize includes three categories: Pre-K-12, higher education, and learning science research. In addition to an award of $50,000, each McGraw Prize winner receives a prize sculpture, designed and created by Miami-based sculptor Gary Traczyk. Past honorees include: CEO of EdX Anant Agarwal; superintendent of Miami-Dade school district

Alberto M. Carvalho Alberto M. Carvalho MedM is a Portuguese-American educator and the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District. He previously served as superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), the fourth-largest school district i ...

; CEO of the Afghan Institute of Learning Sakena Yacoobi; founder of

Khan Academy Khan Academy is an American non-profit educational organization created in 2008 by Sal Khan. Its goal is creating a set of online tools that help educate students. The organization produces short lessons in the form of videos. Its website also in ...

Sal Khan; former

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Richard Riley; former

Rod Paige;

James B. Hunt, Jr. James Baxter Hunt Jr. (born May 16, 1937) is an American politician and retired attorney who was the 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina (1977–1985, and 1993–2001). He is the longest-serving governor in the state's history. Hunt is t ...

, former

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;

Ellen Moir Ellen Moir is the founder and CEO of The New Teacher Center. Established in 1998, the Center is devoted to the development, induction, and mentoring of beginning teachers. Professional career Moir began her career as a bilingual teacher in Sa ...

, co-founder and executive director,

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at the

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;

James P. Comer James Pierpont Comer (born September 25, 1934 in East Chicago, Indiana) is currently the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center and has been since 1976. He is also an associate dean at the Yale School of Medicine. ...

, M.D., Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale University Child Study Center; Christopher Lehmann, Founding Principal,

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; Mary E. Diaz, Ph.D., Dean of Education,

Alverno College Alverno College is a private Roman Catholic women's college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. History Chartered in 1887 as St. Joseph's Normal School, Alverno became Alverno Teachers College in 1936. It adopted its current name in 1946. Academics Alve ...

; Christopher Cerf, a key creative force behind

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) a ...

; Dennis Littky, co-founder and co-director of The Big Picture Company, The Met School and College Unbound; and

Barbara Bush Barbara Pierce Bush (June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018) was First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993, as the wife of President George H. W. Bush, and the founder of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. She previously was ...

, founder of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and former

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External links

Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Website

McGraw Prize Categories

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation and Penn GSE Create New Partnership to Advance Excellence in Education

Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Winners

Three educators celebrated at Penn GSE as winners of the 2020 McGraw Prize in Education
Awards established in 1988 American education awards 1988 establishments in the United States