Casler-Failing has taught in both P-12 and higher education settings with a combined nine years of classroom experience. She completed a bachelor’s in mathematics, master’s in secondary education (concentration mathematics) and a doctorate in curriculum and instruction in science and mathematics education all from the University of Albany in New York. Casler-Failing focuses much of her research in the areas of mathematics education, integration of LEGO robotics technology in math curriculum and integrated literacy and mathematics curricula.