Saba Bireda

Education Policy Analyst

Saba comes to American Progress from Philadelphia where she was a Philadelphia Bar Foundation Fellow with the Education Law Center. As a fellow, she worked on several education policy issues including school climate and discipline, charter schools, teacher quality, and high school graduation exams. Her efforts included administrative and legislative advocacy, producing fact sheets and reports, and litigation. Saba also gained legal experience as an associate in the corporate litigation department of Morgan Lewis and Bockius.

Saba began her career as a middle school English teacher with Teach for America at Sousa Middle School in Washington, D.C. She has also worked with several other education advocacy organizations including the B.E.L.L. (Building Educated Leaders for Life) afterschool program, the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, and the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative in Boston. Saba received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from Stanford University.