Anna Saavedra

In this study, the researchers will evaluate the impact, implementation, costs, and cost effectiveness of Street Law Inc.'s program, Talking About Local Current and Contested Issues in Schools (TALCCS) in grades 8 through 12. TALCCS includes instructional materials with aligned professional learning. The program aims to develop teachers' capacity to improve students' ability to productively discuss current and contested issues, as well as their attendance, academic outcomes, and civic behavi...

Generation Citizen is a fully developed peer-to-peer action civics intervention designed to engage middle and high school students in real-world problem-solving activities to practice civic learning, motivation, and engagement. Generation Citizen reaches 25,000 students annually. Although research demonstrates that young people care about political issues, young people remain skeptical of the political process and may lack the necessary skills to participate as citizens. More research is nee...