Four honorees were awarded with Penn GSE’s McGraw Prizes in Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Pre-K–12 Education in a ceremony in New York City this month.
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At the 2025 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education celebration, held in the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City on Nov. 15, Cathy N. Davidson, Frederic Bertley, and Joe Wolf and Rapelang Rabana were honored with this year’s McGraw Prizes in Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Pre-K–12 Education.
McGraw Prize winners (from left) Cathy N. Davidson, Joe Wolf, and Frederic Bertley.
(Image: Steve Belkowitz)
“Since 1988, the McGraw Prize has been a singular recognition for the world’s most innovative, inspiring, and impactful changemakers in education,” said Penn Graduate School of Education Dean Katharine Strunk. “Tonight’s honorees have shaped the future of education in extraordinary ways—expanding opportunity, inspiring learners, and lifting lives all over the world. We are grateful and we are inspired.”
Awarded annually by the Graduate School of Education, the McGraw Prize is one of the most prestigious honors in education. Winners receive a Prize sculpture and a $50,000 award, and join a network of more than 100 innovators—teachers, scholars, nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, and public servants—who are reimagining education across the globe.
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