Tom Luce

Tom Luce is Chief Executive Officer of the National Math and Science Initiative.  Mr. Luce served as United States Assistant Secretary of Education for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development in 2005 and 2006.  Mr. Luce was a co-founder of the National Center for Educational Accountability and also founded Communities Just for the Kids.  In 1995 Mr. Luce wrote Now or Never - How We Can Save Our Public Schools, a book that defined his educational philosophy and outlined a preliminary plan for educational reform. During a distinguished career in public policy in Texas, he is perhaps best known for his role as the Chief of Staff of the Texas Select Committee of Public Education, which produced one of the first major reform efforts among public schools in 1984. An attorney, Tom Luce received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Southern Methodist University. He was a founding partner and managing partner of the law firm of Hughes & Luce, LLP until his retirement from the firm in 1997.