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

MDRC_News 10 Things Your Null Result Might Mean, by Rekha Balu, Director @CABS_MDRC. t.co/t9uX5MHXll via @EGAPTweets t.co/n1U7HxAw4G
3 days 9 hours ago.
Dale_Chu “@MatthewAKraft likened the baseline conditions of ‘open communication, strong professional development, rapport, and recognition’ to the protection offered by earthquake-proof engineering.” @KevinMahnken via @The74 t.co/ySVCLbMllq @AnnenbergInst
2 days 21 hours ago.
EPICedpolicy Cohort 1 turnaround schools fared better in ELA than comparable interventions in 2nd year. C2 schools fared similarly to other interventions in 1st year. We contextualize results with @MatthewAKraft’s effect size benchmarks. @QBrummet @julieamarsh @ayeshashim @KatharineStrunk t.co/fSXI4pZF6p
3 days 42 min ago.
AnnenbergInst .@MatthewAKraft on teaching and the challenges of transitioning to virtual school: “I think that teachers are really struggling to find their purpose” @The74 t.co/ntbX9bTiiQ
3 days 59 min ago.
aadukia Interested in connecting NLP/text analysis to research on social policy and inequality? Come work with us! (@aadukia @alexeble @UChicago_RCC @DoraSzasz @emileigharrison) t.co/ez8vXDvz41 t.co/k2c9dQY7rW
1 month 3 weeks ago.
MatthewAKraft My @BrownEduDept students & I were so fortunate to have @TolaniBritton join our causal infer. class for a behind-the-scene look at her research on the Anti-Drug Act & college enrollment for Black men, a great applied paper for teaching DD. Thanks Tolani for sharing your wisdom! t.co/l6W2i6WjkQ
3 days 23 hours ago.
MatthewAKraft Great, practical recommendations from @Carly__Robinson and @Todd_Rogers_ about how schools can improve their communication with families. Be concise & focus on what matters most. t.co/RH9ZdZUtbL
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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.