Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education

Rachel McCall has been with the University of Chicago's Center for Elementary Mathematics and K-12 Science Education (CEMSE) since 2004. She is the lead author for the Grade 1 teacher and student materials for the Third Edition of Everyday Mathematics. Most recently, McCall has been focusing her efforts on updates to the third edition of Everyday Mathematics, including the state editions and the forthcoming copyright update, and planning for future editions of Everyday Mathematics. Before coming to the University of Chicago, McCall worked for three years as an editor for Pearson Education. She spent two years in the mathematics department as the primary editor for the 2004 edition of Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley Mathematics for First Grade. During that time McCall also collaborated with the team at TERC in updating Investigations in Number, Data, and Space. In her last year with the publisher, McCall participated in the planning and initial writing of the 2006 edition of Scott Foresman Science for Grades 1 and 2. McCall spent 7 years teaching elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; and Berwyn, Illinois prior to her time at Pearson Education. McCall holds an Early Childhood teaching certificate, undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Early Childhood Education, and a masters degree in Reading and Learning Disabilities.