Winners
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education recognizes innovators who unleash human potential through technology, methodology, and leadership. Since its creation, more than 100 remarkable leaders in all fields of education have been recognized and celebrated, many of whom continue to play transformative roles today.
2022 Prize Winners
Learning Science Research
Roy Pea
David Jacks Professor of Education & Learning Sciences at Stanford University, School of Education, and Computer Science (Courtesy)
Past Prize Winners

Anant Agarwal

Chris Anderson

Norman R. Augustine

Richard G. Baraniuk

Robert Beichner

Terrel H. Bell

Estela Mara Bensimon

Deborah Bial
Richard Blais
Patricia M. Bolanos
James E. (Gene) Bottoms

Barbara T. Bowman
Ernest L. Boyer

Sarita E. Brown

Barbara Bush
Geoffrey Canada
JW Carmichael, Jr.

Alberto Carvalho

Christopher Cerf

Yvonne Chan

Michelene T. H. Chi

Kenneth B. Clark
Carl A. Cohn

James P. Comer
Sister Mary Brian Costello
Helen Crouch

Christine Cunningham

Timothy Daly
Sharon Darling

Alfredo de los Santos, Jr.
Lois B. DeFleur
Mary E. Diez

Mark A. Edwards

Elliot W. Eisner

Paul A. Elsner

Mike Feinberg

Douglas H. & Lynn S. Fuchs

Booth Gardner
Libia Socorro Gil

John I. Goodlad

Arthur Graesser

Nancy S. Grasmick
Arthur Greenberg

Judith Berry Griffin
Kati Haycock
Shirley A. Hill

Gerry House
Harold Howe II

Freeman Hrabowski

James B. Hunt, Jr.
Donald W. Ingwerson

Sharon Lynn Kagan

Clark Kerr

Sal Khan

Wendy Kopp

Joseph Krajcik
Judith Taack Lanier

Carol D. Lee

Chris Lehmann

Dave Levin

Janet E. Lieberman

Linda Darling-Hammond

Dennis Littky

Robert H. McCabe

Robert Mendenhall

John Merrow

Ellen Moir

Robert Moses
Vincent D. Murray

Diana Natalicio
Rod Paige
Thomas W. Payzant

Claiborne Pell

Shirley A. Reed

Charles B. Reed

Timothy Renick

Joseph S. Renzulli

Mitchel Resnick

Richard W. Riley
Roy Romer

Larry Rosenstock

Kathleen A. Ross

Ariela Rozman

Reshma Saujani

Andreas Schleicher

Sandy Shugart

Theodore R. Sizer
Eric J. Smith
Reynauld Smith
Vivien Stewart
Mary Catherine Swanson
Alicia Thomas

Sara Martinez Tucker

Carol A. Twigg
Richard C. Wallace, Jr.
Sandy Weill
Vera M. White

Sakena Yacoobi

Julie Young
