Dr. Timothy D. Kanold is a mathematics educator and author of textbooks. He was the president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) from 2008 to 2009.

Dr. Kanold holds a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in Education and a master's degree

Master's degree

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 in Mathematics from the University of Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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, and a doctorate

Doctorate

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 in Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology from Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago

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. In 2007, he retired from his position as Superintendent at Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire, Illinois)

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 in Lincolnshire, Illinois

Lincolnshire, Illinois

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, where for 17 years, he served as Director of Mathematics and Science.

With Ron Larson

Ron Larson (mathematician)

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, Dr. Kanold is co-author of 27 mathematics textbooks grades 6-12, written for Houghton Mifflin

Houghton Mifflin

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/McDougal Littell Publishing Company from 1988 to the present. He continues to write and present for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics on the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, as well as for AASA and NASSP. He is the lead author for NCTM’s update of the Teaching Performance Standards Document, and has presented more than 600 talks and seminars nationally and internationally over the past decade, with the primary focus on the creation of equitable learning experiences for all children in mathematics.

Dr. Kanold is the 1986 recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching, the 1991 recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from Illinois State University, the 1994 recipient of the Outstanding School Administrator Award from the Illinois State Board of Education, and the 2001 recipient of the Outstanding Alumni Award from Addison Trail High School. He also is the developer and presenter for New Dimensions in Leadership: Leading in a Learning Organization, a training program for future school administrators. Considered to be “Teacher of Leaders,” he currently presents leadership training for school administrators on behalf of Solution Tree and mathematics curriculum, instruction, and assessment workshops for NCTM and NCSM.

Dr. Kanold's daughter, Jessica McIntyre, teaches mathematics at Aptakisic Junior High School, in Buffalo Grove, IL