Ed Psych alums Lynn and Doug Fuchs awarded McGraw Prize

Lynn and Doug Fuchs, Department of Educational Psychology special education PhD alumni, have been honored with the McGraw Prize in PreK-12 Education by The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE).

One of the most prestigious awards in education, the McGraw Prize celebrates innovation in education by recognizing outstanding individuals who have dedicated themselves to improving education and whose accomplishments are making a huge impact.

The pair were two of only four scholars honored with the prize in 2021.

The press release from the Penn State Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) describes the profound impact the Fuchs’ have had on the field of special education.

Trailblazers in the field of special education, Lynn Fuchs and Doug Fuchs are the 2021 McGraw Prize winners in the PreK-12 Education category. 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 most effectively respond. 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.

Penn GSA press release

Please join the Department of Educational Psychology and the special education program in congratulating our esteemed alumni, Drs. Lynn and Doug Fuchs!