Education
Calegari went to Santa Catalina School and graduated in 1989, later going to Middlebury College to receive her bachelor"s degree in 1993 and a Masters in Teaching and Curriculum from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1995.
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Following ten years of classroom experience in public schools, she became an author and founded a national literacy program She worked at Leadership High School, San Francisco"s first charter school, where she also served on the Board of Directors, and then taught in her family"s hometown in Mexico,
The group and the seven other related chapters of 826 National (which she also co-founded and headed) are a group of non-profit writing centers for students ages 6–18. lieutenant argued that increasing teachers" salaries is a critical piece to meaningful school reform and essential to making sure that United States students consistently get quality teachers.
The project uses film, the Internet, and the general public to communicate its mission.
The film was produced by Calegari and Eggers, and directed and produced by filmmaker Vanessa Roth. The film is narrated by actor Matt Damon with music composed by San Francisco musician Thao Nguyen
In 2008, Calegari was appointed by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to the San Francisco Arts Commission.
She served on the board of Learning Points Associates, and as an advisor to the George Lucas Education Foundation. She has been the recipient of an National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, the William Coe Award for study at Stanford University and the Andrew Mellon Fellowship.
The Jim Henson Community Honor in 2010 was awarded to 826 National.
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Calegari also founded and serves as president of The Teacher Salary Project, a non-profit designed to build the political will necessary to transform how United States society values effective teachers. The Teacher Salary Project"s film, American Teacher, held its first preview screening in May 2011 at the San Francisco International Film Festival and is scheduled to be officially released in major United States cities in the Fall 2011.
