The Number Lab Team
Eric Mann
Eric Mann is an accomplished mathematics educator with experience as a classroom teacher, curriculum designer, division head, and writer. He has taught learners at all levels from elementary through college mathematics. His professional experience also includes mathematics content creation for Macmillan Learning and software engineering at NI. Eric wrote his first computer program (on a Commodore 64) around 1984, went to his first punk show in 1990, and earned his M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Tennessee Space Institute in 2004. Eric is a Mathematics Learning Leader at Long-View Micro School and works alongside the team at The Number Lab to lead transformational professional development for elementary and middle school math teachers.
Kaylie White
Kaylie White is an experienced educator at Long-View Learning, where she strives to transform mathematics education by working with both young learners and educators from across the country. Kaylie designs and leads learning experiences for young mathematicians at Long-View Micro School — a STEM-focused, highly innovative, learner-centered educational environment designed for upper elementary and middle-school-aged learners. Kaylie also works on The Number Lab team to create and facilitate professional development for teachers, including in-person workshops, Field Study Days at Long-View Micro School, and virtual coaching. She also leads the social media marketing for Long-View Learning. Kaylie is a bold, creative, and passionate educator who sees herself as a learner first. She eagerly works to collaborate with her team to continuously iterate and improve the learning experience for all.
Claire Rudden
Claire Rudden first discovered Long-View and The Number Lab at the [Co]lab in the summer of 2022 and immediately asked herself "How can I get a job here?" She is a long-time lover of mathematics and pursues every opportunity to share her love of math with both learners and educators. She studied Psychology and Statistics at the University of Notre Dame, leading to a passion for understanding how people think about math. After earning her M.Ed. in Math Education, she was fortunate enough to join the Long-View Math Team, where she gets to continue to explore her passions in designing curriculum and leading a math block for young middle-school-aged learners. She also dedicates her time to coordinating intervention programs and developing a program to strengthen learner's spatial reasoning skills.
Bailey Bartee
Since 2019, Bailey Bartee has worked with educators across the country to drive meaningful change in math education by connecting The Number Lab’s content trajectory with research-based pedagogy and classroom practice. She brings a unique perspective to her work, having been introduced to mathematics at a young age by the co-founders of The Number Lab before continuing her studies in a traditional math curriculum throughout secondary school. Bailey pursued her passion for math at The University of Texas, earning a degree in mathematics and teaching certification through the nationally acclaimed UTeach program for STEM middle and secondary educators. Throughout her undergraduate experience, Bailey worked in classrooms at Long-View Micro School—a highly innovative, STEM-focused, learner-centered educational environment designed for elementary and middle-school learners—where she gained hands-on instructional experience. Today, Bailey is a full time instructional math leader at Long-View, while continuing her work with The Number Lab, where she helps to facilitate professional development seminars for teachers who provide mathematics instruction to young learners.
Kevin Moore
Kevin is one of the co-founders of Long-View Micro-School and The Number Lab. Long-View Micro School is a STEM focused, highly innovative, learner-centered educational environment thoughtfully designed for upper elementary and middle-school-aged learners. He is an experienced educator of young learners as well as a respected instructional leader. Through his work at Long-View, Kevin impacted the educational landscape by adding to the diversity of schooling options for families in Austin Texas. In his work with The Number Lab, Kevin designed and facilitated professional development seminars for teachers who provide mathematics instruction to young learners. These seminars were focused on helping teachers strengthen their own conceptual understandings of mathematics and inspire a culture of learning in their classrooms that engages learners as mathematicians. Kevin’s work with The Number Lab connected him with educators throughout the United States and beyond.
Cathy Lewis
With more than three decades in education as both a teacher, math specialist, and curriculum writer, Cathy Lewis co-founded The Number Lab and Long-View Micro School. She creates and facilitates mathematics professional development for teachers, including in-person workshops, Field Study Days at Long-View Micro School, and virtual coaching. In tandem with colleague Kevin Moore, Cathy developed The Number Lab’s Generative Framework for Mathematics, which provides educators with a map of the connected ideas used to integrate arithmetic and algebra. Cathy's expertise lies in her knowledge of structuring curricula that is learner-centered and ideas-focused, developing classroom practices that elicit strong number reasoning. She is passionate about transforming K-8 mathematics by providing educators with a mathematics experience that builds deep understanding of mathematical ideas, a positive identity, and strong number reasoning skills, while constantly leaning on practices that promote growth of critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity.
Lisa Zapalac
An education veteran with more than two decades served as a teacher, curriculum director, principal, and learning designer, Lisa Zapalac is co-founder of Long-View Micro School in Austin, Texas. Long-View educates 2nd–8th grade students and serves as a laboratory for teachers studying mathematics education, while also providing an optimistic example of new possibilities in education. Lisa’s experience includes leading high-quality instruction, managing growth, coaching teachers, and overseeing all aspects of school life. She’s interested in innovation in education, education entrepreneurship, student-centered learning, rigorous curricula, teacher education, and transforming K-8 mathematics. As part of the wider scope of Long-View Learning, Lisa serves as a consultant and regularly works with schools and educators across the world working to raise the quality of their mathematics instruction and ensure high levels of learning for young mathematicians.