Christina Grant

Dr. Christina Grant is the Executive Director for the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University. Throughout her career as an educator, administrator, and executive in some of America’s largest school systems, Dr. Grant has worked to create evidence-based solutions that improve outcomes for students and communities. At CEPR, Dr. Grant brings together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to build transformative partnerships grounded in rigorous research that will benefit learners at every stage of life. Dr. Grant previously served as District of Columbia’s State Superintendent of Education for the Office of the State Superintendent of Education. While there, she oversaw grants, standards, assessments, and accountability for the District’s elementary and secondary schools, including implementing the first revision of social studies standards in twenty years. Grant also led a $100 million investment in programs to drive post-pandemic academic recovery. Prior to the District of Columbia, Dr. Grant served as the Chief of Charter Schools and Innovation for The School District of Philadelphia. In that capacity, she redesigned the accountability metrics for Innovation and Alternative Education school models and helped lead the district’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Grant has served as a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, teaching courses on educational leadership.