Anne Miller is passionate about improving educational opportunities and has been committed to doing so for almost two decades. She was a founding school leader at North Side Community School, a high-performing elementary charter school serving students from north St. Louis. Anne founded the school’s Pre-K Program in 2010, and served as Early Childhood Director overseeing 120 pre-k and kindergarten students in nine classrooms. Under Anne’s leadership, 80% of pre-k students started kindergarten on grade level despite entering school one to two years behind their peers nationally.
Anne has extensive research and policy experience. Her interest in public policy began during her time at the Early Education for All Campaign, an advocacy organization working for universal pre-k in Massachusetts. She has conducted various in-depth research projects evaluating the education landscapes in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Texas, and Missouri. Designing and building collaborative, innovative systems-level solutions to address opportunity gaps for students and families is usually at the heart of Anne's work.
Before returning to St. Louis, her hometown, Anne taught kindergarten in Spain and received a Master's of Public Policy from Brown University. She has an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College.
