Bill Nave, EdD, is a program evaluation and research consultant living in Winthrop, Maine. From 1968 to 1993, he taught science to students in New York and Maine in grades 6 through 12 and created programs for at-risk students and high school dropouts. He was selected as Maine’s 1990 Teacher of the Year, was a finalist for National Teacher of the Year, and received a Milken Educator Award for his work in the River Valley School for dropouts. Since completing his doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2000, he has conducted program evaluations of teacher professional development programs and curriculum development programs, among others, with a primary focus on science and math programs.