Angela Duckworth and six researchers from Penn GSE have made Education Week’s 2020 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings list. 

The list, created by Rick Hess, the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, recognizes scholars whose work shapes public discussion around education. 

Angela Duckworth, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology, earned the highest slot on the list among Penn professors at number 10. 

Those from Penn GSE were: Vivian Gadsden, William T. Carter Professor of Child Development and Education; Pam Grossman, GSE dean; Richard Ingersoll, professor of education and sociology; Laura Perna, GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education; Howard Stevenson, Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education; and Jonathan Zimmerman, professor of history of education.