Carnegie Corporation of New York-Institute for Advanced Study Commission on Mathematics & Science Education

The Carnegie Corporation of New York-Institute for Advanced Study Commission on Mathematics and Science Education is a partnership between Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Princeton-based Institute for Advanced Study to address the concern that the U.S. education systems are not providing students with an adequate education in science, mathematics and technology. Comprised of knowledgeable, distinguished individuals from government, academia, industry, cultural organizations and educators, the Commission was formed to review the current status of science and math in the U.S., identify both successes and failures and provide recommendations for advancing K-12 science, math and technology education.

Commission Members

Phillip A. Griffiths (chair)
Professor of Mathematics and Past Director, Institute for Advanced Study

Michele Cahill (co-chair)
Vice President, National Programs and Program Director, Urban Education, Carnegie Corporation of New York

Bruce M. Alberts
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California,
San Francisco and Editor-in-Chief, Science

Larry Berger
Founder and CEO, Wireless Generation

Donald L. Carcieri
Governor of Rhode Island

Ralph J. Cicerone
President, National Academy of Sciences

Rudolph F. Crew
Professor of Clinical Education, Rossier School of Education,
University of Southern California

Norman C. Francis
President, Xavier University of Louisiana

Richard B. Freeman
Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Ellen V. Futter
President, American Museum of Natural History

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group,

Neil R. Grabois
Consultant and President Emeritus, Colgate University

Vartan Gregorian Ex officio
President, Carnegie Corporation of New York

James B. Hunt, Jr.
Partner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

Susanna Loeb
Associate Professor of Education, Stanford University and
Co-Director, Policy Analysis for California Education

Thomas W. Payzant
Senior Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Thomas F. Taft, Sr.
President, Taft, Taft and Haigler, PA

Philip Uri Treisman
Professor of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin and
Director, Charles A. Dana Center

Katherine E. Ward
Biology Teacher, Aragon High School (San Mateo, CA)

Gene Wilhoit
Executive Director, Council of Chief State School Officers

Suzanne M. Wilson
Professor of Education and Chair of the Department of Teacher Education,
Michigan State University

Gary A. Ybarra
Professor of the Practice and Director of Undergraduate Studies,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University

Commission Staff

Donna Gerardi Riordan, Consultant

Tamara Carpenter, Research Assistant

Eoghan Stafford, Research Assistant

Kaveri Vaid, Research Assistant