Albert Cuoco

Al Cuoco is a Senior Scientist and Director of the Center for Mathematics Education. A student of Ralph Greenberg, he received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Brandeis, with a thesis in algebraic number theory. Al taught high school mathematics to a wide range of students in the Woburn, Massachusetts public schools from 1969 until 1993.

At EDC, he has worked in curriculum development, professional development, and education policy. He currently co-directs a high school curriculum development project, two professional development projects (one in collaboration with the mathematics department at Boston University and another in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts), and a project that uses the internet to pair mathematicians and high school students in mathematical research projects. His favorite publication is his 1991 article in the American Mathematical Monthly, described by his wife as "an attempt to explain a number system no one understands with a picture no one can see."