Ryan Baker's accomplishments featured in The Learning Agency's "The Cutting Ed"

July 24, 2024
Three panelists and a moderator sit on stools in front of a seated audience in a wood-paneled lecture hall with a screen behind them reading "The McGraw Center for Educational Leadership"

Ryan Baker speaks as part of a panel on AI and education at the grand opening of the McGraw Center for Educational Leadership in June 2023. 

Publishing or co-authoring papers is seen as a major accomplishment in the research community. Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős famously published 1,500 papers and collaborated with around 500 co-authors. 

In an article by The Learning Agency’s Ioanna Moriatis for The Cutting Ed, Penn GSE Professor Ryan Baker was recently celebrated for a similar feat: co-authoring 517 papers and achieving more than 30,000 citations. 

“My goal has never actually been to have the largest number of co-authors or to top Erdős,” Baker says. “My goal has been to do research that makes a difference, that genuinely expands the scope of knowledge and genuinely leads to better outcomes for kids.” 

Baker, who also directs the Penn Center for Learning Analytics, has spent more than a decade exploring how education technology can improve learning opportunities. His latest research examines how artificial intelligence might allow educators at every level to better connect with their students.