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

MatthewAKraft @jasonweeby @nsvf @jasonatwood @ErinHarless cc'ing @Transforming_Ed
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MatthewAKraft @jasonweeby @nsvf @jasonatwood @ErinHarless 3) There is an impressive body of field experiments showing that increasing belonging supports student success in school 4) My read is this looks at simple correlations with achievement LEVELS, not gains. This is interesting, but tells us little about the EFFECT of belonging 2/2
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MatthewAKraft @jasonweeby @nsvf @jasonatwood @ErinHarless Interesting findings. But I'd be cautious about doubting the value of belonging for 4 reasons: 1) I think we value belonging itself independent of predictive power 2) Prior studies suggest belonging is more important for academic persistence & behavioral outcomes than ach 1/n
2 days 22 hours ago.
AmySchwartzNY Does Universal Free Lunch improve academic outcomes? YES. Our article coming out in JPAM: t.co/BfrfJwzXT4
3 days 20 hours ago.
MatthewAKraft A can't miss event at @hgse! t.co/GqNGatbt1g
4 days 14 hours ago.
MatthewAKraft Tackling real world problems through applied research is not only real science, it is NOBEL worthy science. I hope this award inspires the next generation of researchers to get out into the field and make a difference through applied research. #econtwitter #AcademicTwitter t.co/NuS64jKdop
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agoodmanbacon OK, here it is, an informal set of suggestions about what to do if you have a DD with timing: t.co/UYGYBJkOoV If you compare time stamps on these tweets you'll see how "preliminary" this is. Will update! t.co/KV0WWsLbjs
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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.