Lindsay Perlmutter Fitzpatrick, M.P.Aff.
Policy and Implementation Lead
Phone: 512.232.5754
Email: lindsay.fitzpatrick@austin.utexas.edu
Dana Center Role
Lindsay leads the Central Texas Math Alignment Task Force initiative: a regional effort to equitably implement and align modern math pathways across districts and institutions in collaboration with E3 Alliance. Lindsay also leads math alignment work for a cohort of eight states as part of the Launch Years Initiative.
This work at the Center includes the alignment of math courses, content, and related policies from K–12 through postsecondary systems to increase student success, in collaboration with partner organizations.
Additionally, Lindsay analyzes current trends in mathematics education and develops resources for policymakers and education leaders that leverage the trends in a way that expands equity and access to a high-quality education for all students.
Before Joining the Dana Center
Lindsay taught social studies for seven years in high schools and middle schools in New York City and in Austin to majority low-income student populations. During her four years of teaching 9th grade at Akins High School in Austin, she also served as an academy coordinator, leading student intervention and career pathway work for the 450 students in her academy. At the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT-Austin, Lindsay researched the middle-school-to-high-school transition and worked with Educate Texas, Texas State Representative Donna Howard, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and Breakthrough Austin.
Education
M.P.Aff., Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
B.A., Political Science, Middlebury College
Selected Publications
Fitzpatrick, L. P., & Sovde, D. (2017). The case for mathematics pathways from the launch years in high school through postsecondary education. Austin, TX: The Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
Fitzpatrick, L. P., & Sovde, D. (2018). Defining content in a transition to college mathematics transition to college mathematics course at the state or regional level. Austin, TX: The Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
Fitzpatrick, L. P., & Sovde, D. (2018). K-12 and Higher Education and Postsecondary Collaboration to Improve Mathematics Course Alignment: Recommended Process and Case Studies. Austin, TX: The Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin.