Mark Driscoll

Mark Driscoll, Managing Project Director at EDC, has directed a range of teacher enhancement, leadership, and materials development projects at EDC. Recent examples of materials are the MathFINDER CD-ROM, the MathPartners tutoring materials for America Counts, the book Fostering Algebraic Thinking , the Fostering Algebraic Thinking Toolkit, the book Fostering Geometric Thinking, and the Fostering Geometric Thinking Toolkit. Currently, he co-directs the project, Fostering Mathematics Success of English Language Learners, an NSF-funded research project. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics (differential geometry) from Washington University in St. Louis and taught mathematics at Logos School, an alternative high school in inner-city St. Louis. He has been co-chair of the NCTM Task Force on Reaching All Students with Mathematics, a member of NCTM’s Educational Materials Committee, and a member of the writing team for NCTM’s Assessment Standards for School Mathematics. From 2003-2007, Dr. Driscoll served as Editor of Mathematics Education Leadership, the journal of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics. In 2009-2010, he was on the writing team for What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide on Mathematical Problem Solving, for the Institute of Education Sciences. In April 2010 he received the NCSM Ross Taylor/Glenn Gilbert National Leadership Award.