Penny Bender Sebring is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Chicago and Co-Founder of the Consortium on School Research. Sebring has contributed to numerous Consortium publications on school organization, leadership, and students’ participation in digital media. She is a co-author of How a City Learned to Improve Its Schools (Harvard Education Press, 2023) and Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago (University of Chicago Press, 2010). Previously, she was a Peace Corps volunteer and high school teacher. Penny graduated from Grinnell College and was a long-time member of its Board of Trustees. She received a master’s degree from the Pennsylvania State University, a PhD in Education and Policy Studies from Northwestern University, and an honorary doctorate from Grinnell. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Public Education Fund and Kids First Chicago and is a member of the Policy Advisory Board of the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern.
Featured Publications
- June 2015Report
- May 2013Report
- September 2006Report
- February 2009Model Paper
A New Model for the Role of Research in Supporting Urban School Reform
- January 2010Book
Lessons from Chicago
All Publications
Title | Type | Date Sort ascending |
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How a City Learned to Improve Its Schools | Book | Apr 2023 |
Relational trust in Valparaíso, Chile and Illinois schools Surprising consistency and further questions |
Article | Nov 2019 |
A First Look at the 5Essentials in Illinois Schools | Report | Jun 2015 |
The Five Essential Supports for School Improvement Mobilizing the Findings |
Article | Apr 2014 |
Teens, Digital Media, and the Chicago Public Library | Report | May 2013 |
The Use of Technology in Chicago Public Schools 2011 Perspectives from Students, Teachers, and Principals |
Report | Apr 2013 |
YOUmedia Chicago Reimagining Learning, Literacies, and Libraries |
Report | May 2011 |
Organizing Schools for Improvement Lessons from Chicago |
Book | Jan 2010 |
CCSR A New Model for the Role of Research in Supporting Urban School Reform |
Model Paper | Feb 2009 |
CCSR's 2007 Survey Reports for Chicago Public Schools | Report | Dec 2007 |