Credentials - wrote Community Action for School Reform (2003), a book about how communities, schools, and universities can partner to improve local schools. Other publications include Smart Growth and School Reform: What If We Talked About Race and Took Community Seriously?, Why School Systems Resist Reform: A Psychoanalytic Perspective, and Fantasies and Realities of University-Community Partnerships.
Contact - 301-405-6792 (office); hbaum@umd.edu
Web Site - http://www.arch.umd.edu/people/faculty_and_staff/bio.cfm/60

Patricia Campbell - associate professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Maryland Expertise - urban education and reform, reforming mathematics instruction in the K-5 classroom; professional development for teachers. Credentials - the author of a mathematics curriculum being used with success in the Baltimore City schools, Professor Campbell is currently involved with a National Science Foundation grant (with other colleagues) researching ways to help teachers develop a better understanding of the subjects they teach. A previous NSF grant looked at mathematics application and reasoning skills. She has authored numerous articles looking at ways to foster mathematics education in elementary schools. Contact - 301-405-3129 (office); bcampbel@umd.edu Web Site - http://www.education.umd.edu/mathed/info/pcampbell.htm

Credentials - Dr. Croninger has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Policy and Leadership since 1997, when he first came to the University of Maryland. He earned an M.A. in Sociology from the College of William and Mary (1976) and a Ph.D. in Education Studies from the University of Michigan (1997). Prior to joining the faculty at Maryland, he worked for 19 years as a Researcher and Associate Director with the Programs for Educational Opportunity, a federally funded Desegregation Assistance Center, in Ann Arbor, MI.
Contact - 301-405-2927 (office); croninge@umd.edu
Web Site - http://www.education.umd.edu/EDPS/facultyStaff/rcroninger.html

Martin Johnson - professor emeritus and associate dean for urban and minority education and director of MIMAUE (Maryland Institute for Minority Achievement and Urban Education) at the University of Maryland.
Expertise: urban school reform; MIMAUE's many projects, includes the Bladensburg Project in concert with Prince Georges County schools. Its aim is to help improve the standardized testing performances of students at Bladensburg High School, William Wirt Middle School, and three elementary schools. MIMAUE hosted a colloquium for many years that investigated specific issues related to minority education and find possible solutions. Prof. Johnson has extensive experience training teachers of mathematics.

Credentials: a former Mathematics Educator of the Year, Johnson has written numerous articles and collaborated on and co-authored numerous books about the teaching of mathematics. He has presented his views on teaching mathematics around the world. Prof. Johnson began his career as a middle school math teacher.
Read More: Newsdesk Release about MIMAUE
Contact: 301-405-3l17 (office); mljohnso@umd.edu
Web Site: http://www.education.umd.edu/mimaue/

Margaret McLaughlin - professor, Department of Special Education, and associate director, Institute for the Study of Exceptional Children and Youth, University of Maryland Expertise - No Child Left Behind Act, special education policy and minority achievement, educational reform, leadership training. Credentials - the author of three books and numerous book chapters and articles on educational reform policy and other issues. Prof. McLaughlin has consulted in the United States and overseas to help develop programs and policies that would include students with disabilities in general education programs. Before coming to Maryland, she was the executive director of the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation. As a teacher, she taught children with emotional disturbance and learning disabilities. Contact - 301-405-6495(office); mjm@umd.edu Web Site - www.education.umd.edu/EDSP/Faculty/bios/mclaughlin.html

Credentials - author of numerous articles, and book chapters. She is the 2005 winner of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education's (AACTE) Outstanding Writing Award for her article, Teacher Quality: Understanding the Effectiveness of Teacher Attributes. Her latest book is Fiscal Policy in Urban Education ( Information Age Publishing ). Current research is looking at how National Board Certification can make for successful teachers.
Contact - 301-405-5580 (office); jkr@umd.edu
Web Site - http://www.education.umd.edu/EDPS/facultyStaff/jkrice.html