Thomas G. Carroll, Ph.D.

Tom Carroll leads NCTAF’s efforts to improve teaching quality by empowering educators to transform their schools into 21st century learning organizations. He founded the Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology, “PT3,” program, and created the Technology Innovation Challenge Grants Program at the U.S. Department of Education. He served as the first Director of Technology Planning and Evaluation for the E-Rate program, and was the U. S. Secretary of Education’s liaison to the Corporation for National Service during the launch of the AmeriCorps Program. He was Deputy Director of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, prior to which he was Director of the National Research Centers and Regional Laboratories program at the National Institute of Education (NIE). He holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from SUNY Buffalo, and taught as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Education at Clark University. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in community development in Lesotho from 1967 -1969. NCTAF publications are at: www.nctaf.org