Bradley S. Witzel

Brad Witzel, Ph.D., is an award-winning teacher and researcher who serves as the Adelaide Worth Daniels Distinguished Professor of Education at Western Carolina University. As a classroom teacher he worked in multiple settings teaching mainly math and science to high-achieving students with disabilities and at-risk concerns. Dr. Witzel has authored 10 books and over 50 other research and application publications, developed over 20 multimedia resources, and delivered over 500 presentations and workshops worldwide. His most recent books include Rigor for Students with Special Needs and Rigor in the RTI and MTSS Classroom through Routledge, Teaching Elementary Mathematics to Struggling Learners through Guilford Press, and Bridging the Arithmetic to Algebra Gap through the Council for Exceptional Children. He has served as a board member consulting with several states on mathematics and MTSS, served as an author/panelist on the Institute of Education Sciences RTI Math Practice Guide and as an invited reviewer of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel Final Report. Most importantly, he is a father of two, husband of an educator, and son of two educators.