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APPENDIX F. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARIES 132<br />

Mathematics Panel Members<br />

Gayle Box<br />

Associate, Strategic Initiatives, Kentucky Adult Education, Kentucky<br />

Council on Postsecondary Education, Frankfort, KY<br />

Gayle Box is an associate on the strategic initiatives team for Kentucky Adult<br />

Education. Before joining Kentucky Adult Education in 2007, she spent five<br />

years as the lead adult education instructor in Perry County. Ms. Box worked<br />

on the Kentucky Adult Education Standards for mathematics and was one of<br />

two state leads for Kentucky on the Standards-in-Action project. She served<br />

on the Council for Postsecondary Education Mathematics Committee, which<br />

was charged with reviewing drafts of the CCSS as they were presented to<br />

states for input. She is the adult education representative to the state<br />

Committee for Mathematics Achievement, which promotes coordination of<br />

professional development related to the CCSS for K–12, postsecondary, and<br />

adult education. Her current responsibilities include professional development<br />

and college readiness initiatives. Ms. Box holds degrees in education from<br />

Texas State University, and she spent 24 years teaching general music and<br />

choir in Texas public schools.<br />

Donna Curry<br />

Senior Professional Development Specialist, Tech Education Research Center<br />

(TERC), Cambridge, MA<br />

Donna Curry has more than 30 years of experience in adult education as a<br />

teacher, program coordinator, and curriculum specialist. She has professional<br />

development expertise in the areas of adult numeracy, adult education<br />

standards, and workplace education integrating academic and interpersonal<br />

skills. Ms. Curry has participated in four national projects: Standards-in-<br />

Action, the Equipped for the Future standards initiative, the Adult Numeracy<br />

Instruction Project, and Teachers Investigating Adult Numeracy. For<br />

Standards-in-Action, she served as a coach, providing technical assistance to<br />

states on implementing adult education math standards in the classroom. Ms.<br />

Curry holds an M.Ed. in education from Augusta College (now Augusta State<br />

University).

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