Tom Carroll
Tom Carroll
Tom Carroll, President, oversees NCTAF’s research, policy, and implementation projects, develops and maintains strategic partnerships, and provides thought leadership about transforming schools from teaching organizations into learning organizations. Prior to joining NCTAF in 2001, Tom founded the Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (“PT3”) program, and created the Technology Innovation Challenge Grants Program at U.S. Ed. He was the first Director of Technology Planning and Evaluation for the E-Rate program. Tom also served as the liaison to the Corporation for National Service during the launch of AmeriCorps for U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley. He was Deputy Director of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Previously Tom was Director of National Research Centers and Regional Laboratories at the National Institute of Education (NIE). He taught and did research in the School of Education at Clark University and holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from SUNY Buffalo. Tom served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho from 1967 -1969.
