Stories from 2025 that highlight our community, research, and faculty excellence.
Northwestern University’s Uri Wilensky shared his vision for making computational thinking more accessible during the Yidan Prize Awards Ceremony in Hong Kong, where he received the 2025 Yidan Prize for Education Research.
Gail Berger, a former instructor at the School of Education and Social Policy, has passed away. She died peacefully, surrounded by her family.
Our new Master's in Technology, People, and Policy program explores how emerging technologies are shaping society—bringing together the technical, human, and policy dimensions of today’s most advanced digital tools.
MacArthur Foundation President John Palfrey was the featured speaker for Northwestern University’s annual Loeschner Leadership Lecture Series.
After we take in information — whether true or not — it’s nearly impossible to avoid using it, Northwestern University psychologist David Rapp explained during the “Science of Reading: The Podcast.”
Dominique Duval-Diop has joined the faculty for the School of Education and Social Policy's Master’s in Technology, People, and Policy program at Northwestern.
The School Education and Social Policy will continue its longstanding partnership with The Baxter Foundation to strengthen science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education across the Chicagoland area.
In a world shaped by divisive social media, misinformation, and political polarization, Shapiro helps students think carefully and critically about complicated topics, from gun ownership and religion to antisemitism.
From campus roots to national impact, Kosman built America Learns to help the helpers—and to keep service alive when it matters most.
A new Spencer Foundation report calls for a fresh approach to graduate education to better prepares researchers to improve schools and communities.
School of Education and Social Policy faculty members Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Susan Corwith, leaders of Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development, have been recognized for their work in the field of gifted education.
An overhaul at the Department of Education is set to shift funding for schools serving low-income communities to the Department of Labor, grants for parents attending colleges will go to Health and Human Services, foreign language funding over to State, and Native American education programs to Interior.
Applications are open for Northwestern University’s new Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics (MOD) for recent college graduates seeking to become leaders in learning, change, and innovation across today’s complex workplaces.
More Palfrey Calls for Collaborative Leadership at Loeschner Lecture