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Douglas H. & Lynn S. Fuchs, 2021 Prize Winner

    Pre-K-12 Education
    Fellows at the American Institutes for Research and Research Professors, Departments of Special Education and Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

    Trailblazers in the field of special education, Lynn Fuchs and Doug Fuchs are the 2021 McGraw Prize winners in PreK-12 Education. Across four decades of methodologically rigorous and innovative research and development, Lynn and Doug helped establish Data-Based Individualization as the most respected approach to instructing students with serious learning disabilities and as the sine qua non of special education intervention. In addition, Doug and Lynn have produced many scientifically-validated programs in literacy and mathematics for children and youth ranging from academically talented to academically at risk. Doug and Lynn and their former doctoral students have worked with thousands of educators across the U.S., encouraging them to conduct these programs in a multi-tiered (RTI/MTSS) framework to provide instruction of appropriate intensity to students with varying degrees of need. In their current research, they explore children’s cognitive strengths and weaknesses and how instructional programs can leverage the strengths while addressing the weaknesses. Lynn and Doug are Institute Fellows at the American Institutes for Research and Research Professors in the Departments of Special Education and Psychology and Human Development at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Recognized as “revolutionary educators” by Forbes, the Fuchs have received numerous awards and are among the most frequently cited researchers in the social sciences.

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    Winner Video Bio

    Improving the educational trajectories of children with special learning needs

    Trailblazers in the field of special education, Drs. Douglas H. and Lynn S. Fuchs (Vanderbilt University), the 2021 McGraw Prize winners in PreK-12 Education, have played a key role in improving the educational trajectories of children with special learning needs.

    On-Demand Webinar

    Intensifying Instruction to Strengthen Student Success

    Doug and Lynn Fuchs detail the process of combining peer-mediated learning and complementary structured small-group and one-to-one interventions to synergistically impact students’ academic outcomes and social well-being.

    Event

    2021 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Celebration

    We celebrate the 2021 winners Douglas H. and Lynn S. Fuchs (AIR, Vanderbilt), Richard Baraniuk (Rice), and Carol D. Lee (Northwestern) whose work in preK–12 education, higher education, and learning science research are making a huge difference in the lives of students.

    Headshots of the 2021 McGraw Prize Winners

    Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Announces 2021 Winners

    This year’s winners, announced today by the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, are Richard Baraniuk, Doug and Lynn Fuchs, and Carol D. Lee. Each is recognized for their achievements in higher education, preK-12 education, and learning science research respectively.