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 Sort descending | Date |
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Organizing Schools for Improvement Lessons from Chicago |
Book | Jan 2010 |
Charting Chicago School Reform Democratic Localism as a Lever for Change |
Book | Aug 1998 |
How a City Learned to Improve Its Schools | Book | Apr 2023 |
YOUmedia Chicago Reimagining Learning, Literacies, and Libraries |
Report | May 2011 |
CCSR's 2007 Survey Reports for Chicago Public Schools | Report | Dec 2007 |
The Essential Supports for School Improvement | Report | Sep 2006 |
Principal and Teacher Leadership in Chicago Early Evidence on Two Initiatives |
Report | Mar 2004 |
Research Agenda 2004–2008 | Report | Sep 2003 |
Development of Chicago Annenberg Schools 1996-1999 |
Report | Jul 2001 |
Charting Reform in Chicago The Students Speak |
Report | Jul 1996 |