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 descending |
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Charting Reform The Teachers' Turn |
Report | Jan 1991 |
Achieving School Reform in Chicago What We Need to Know |
Report | Jan 1991 |
Charting Reform The Principals' Perspective |
Report | Dec 1992 |
A View from the Elementary Schools The State of Reform in Chicago |
Report | Jul 1993 |
Charting Reform in Prairie School Results of Student and Teacher Surveys |
Report | Jan 1995 |
Charting Reform in Asbury School Results of Student and Teacher Surveys |
Report | Feb 1995 |
Charting Reform Chicago Teachers Take Stock |
Report | Aug 1995 |
Charting Reform in Chicago The Students Speak |
Report | Jul 1996 |
Charting Chicago School Reform Democratic Localism as a Lever for Change |
Book | Aug 1998 |
School Leadership and the Bottom Line in Chicago | Article | Feb 2000 |