Anna R. Saavedra

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Associate Policy Researcher
Santa Monica Office

Education

B.A. in history, Yale University; EdM in international education policy, Harvard University; EdD in educational policy, leadership and instructional practice, Harvard University

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Biography

Anna Saavedra (EdD, Education Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education) addresses questions relevant to educational policy in under-served schools in the United States and in developing country settings. She has written about the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, the impacts of formal education on students' twenty-first century skills and civic education. Her current projects include research on summer learning programs and how school reform measures spread from district to district. Her work has received funding from the Fulbright Foundation, the Center for the Advancement and Study of International Education and Harvard University.

Selected Publications

Anna Rosefsky Saavedra "Dry to Dynamic Civics Education Curricula," in Eds David Campbell, Frederick M. Hess, Meira Levinson, Civics 2.0: Citizenship Education for a New Generation, Harvard Education Press (forthcoming)

Anna Rosefsky Saavedra, Juan Esteban Saavedra, "Do Colleges Cultivate Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Writing and Interpersonal Skills?" Economics of Education Review (forthcoming)

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