Matthew A. Kraft

Bush-Obama School Reform: Lessons Learned

A Presentation at the American Enterprise Institute
What Will Teacher Raises Buy Students?

by Matthew Kraft, The New York Times
Matthew Kraft at Character Lab's Educator Summit

A Discussion About Teacher Effectiveness and the Workplace Environment
Coaching as a Professional Development Strategy

A Conversation with Jonathan Supovitz of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education

imbernomics Virtual Seminar Notice: Mike Lovenheim and I are putting together a weekly “E-con of Education” (Get it? Thanks @JoshuaSGoodman) seminar series where education economists will present works in progress on Fridays from 3pm to 4pm EDT via Zoom. 1/3
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CRPE_UW We reviewed remote learning plans in 82 school districts. Most do not provide formal curriculum. Just four provide formal curriculum, online instruction, and student progress monitoring. Read more from @RbnLake t.co/Istgig6fI3 t.co/JAjj4l1e5y
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eduwonkette_jen Sharing a resource distribution exercise from @WilsonSchool MPA Ed Policy course. Data links embedded in google doc. (1/5) t.co/WEX6QH6aA1 @spcorcor18 @CSattinBajaj @SarahCohodes @MatthewAKraft @doughesm @douglasharris99 @ProfDavidDeming @ProfMartyWest @PaulvonHippel
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MatthewAKraft I've observed a catch-22 in some schools where late arriving students often distract classmates if teachers don't help them immediately, but that when teachers stop instruction to attend to the late student right away this leads other students to lose focus. @HFletcherWood
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MatthewAKraft cc'ing @JoshuaPStarr @informed_edu @matthewhood @PepsMccrea @Larryferlazzo @dylanwiliam @Obi_Jon_ Thx!
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MatthewAKraft Dear Teachers, What systems and approaches do you use to help students who arrive late integrate into the class without stopping instruction or losing lesson momentum?
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bjfr Massachusetts Dept of Ed has published a good set of recommendations for remote learning in #COVID19. Unions, school committees, supts, and charters signed on. It's got three big ideas... t.co/GsbCWxdCOZ 1/ #mapoli t.co/6iRzLUD6ha
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Matthew Kraft is an Associate Professor of Education and Economics at Brown University. His research and teaching interests include the economics of education, education policy analysis, and applied quantitative methods for causal inference. His primary work focuses on efforts to improve educator and organizational effectiveness in K–12 urban public schools. He has published on topics including teacher coaching, teacher professional growth, teacher evaluation, teacher-parent communication, teacher layoffs, social and emotional skills, school working conditions, and extended learning time. Previously, he taught 8th grade English in Oakland USD and 9th grade humanities at Berkeley High School in California. He holds a doctorate in Quantitative Policy Analysis in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education as well as a master's in International Comparative Education and a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University.