A Scientist on the Board

By Daniel R. Durkin

To use my unique scientific experience to analyze the issues before the Board.

Long before my work in a physics laboratory, I was a young boy in the Maryland countryside chasing butterflies; thus began my pursuit of knowledge. I know what makes a scientist, a mathematician, an engineer, a programmer. I understand that engaging a child's senses in the natural world inspires them to learn and to create. I am ideally suited to guide the implementation of the new Common Core State Standards and the next generation of Science and Social Studies standards.