Elevating education & well-being through research-driven expertise
evidence-based guidance to promote thriving in education
Student programs
Each program is grounded in research to equip students with lifelong skills and research-informed insight. Fostering agency, resourcefulness, and confidence, each student builds a personal toolkit to support their higher education, and their future.
Organizational Review
Partner with us for research-informed, practical solutions. We collaborate with leadership and educators to distill your organization’s core priorities, creating actionable, evidence-informed strategies with effective implementation.
Targeted Workshops
Designed for lasting impact, our workshops translate leading research into practical guidance for educators and community leaders. These workshops support student engagement, instructional coherence, and institutional effectiveness.
Meet the Founder
Caroline Connolly, PhD
Dr. Connolly is an educational leader with over 20 years of experience. She brings a rigorous, evidence-based approach to strengthen student outcomes and institutional effectiveness. Grounded in psychology, and specifically positive education, her practical and collaborative methods foster long-term positive outcomes.
Previously, Dr. Connolly served in undergraduate leadership for 14 years in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
Why work with The Education Workspace?
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There is extensive research about improving student experience and wellbeing, but this isn’t necessarily disseminated and applied in the real world. As a result, students miss out on valuable insight that can improve their education, and lives. This research can readily benefit students…if you can understand and apply it.
The Education Workspace has waded through the research to provide precise and pragmatic applications based on empirical evidence to maximize student experience. We provide specialized, individual guidance to support student experience, making the most of these years.
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Fads come and go, even in education.
There are countless books and think pieces about education and achievement that embrace, and even capitalize, on our concerns and anxiety about wanting the best for students.
This can be demoralizing for students who are trying their best, exhausting for families supporting their children, and exasperating for educators trying to stay informed about contemporary research in the field.
The Education Workspace cuts through the noise about unsubstantiated fads that can be counterproductive. We provide guidance based on empirical evidence to maximize student experience.
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Central to our approach is a commitment to individualized engagement. Our work is tailored at the individual and institutional level, allowing us to adapt evidence-informed strategies to each client’s needs.
Through sustained, personalized guidance and responsive support, we direct clients to practices that are realistic, effective, and enduring. This maximizes impact while respecting the complexity of student needs and educational environments.
Julie McGurk PhD, Director of Teaching Development and Initiatives, Yale University
"Caroline is a skilled and experienced instructor with a deep understanding of positive psychology and the psychological underpinnings of learning. She has the expertise and experience to help students and instructors thrive!"
The Education Workspace is grounded in the belief that diverse perspectives strengthen learning and build community. We cultivate and support spaces where individuals of all backgrounds, races, cultures, identities, abilities, and orientations can thrive. Equity is important. We advance equitable practices, remove barriers to opportunity, and ensure that policies, programs, and environments reflect the diverse communities they serve.
Inclusion in education
