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

KatharineStrunk Re-upping this! We will start to review applications on 11/1. t.co/D2UburQIUY
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R8chLawrence @linzcpage @MatthewAKraft t.co/hjGMGKK47z
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MatthewAKraft @RajDarolia @jscottclayton 💯Not surprised!
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RajDarolia @jscottclayton @MatthewAKraft I used this Minaya and Scott-Clayton paper for the 1st time this year in my causal inference class and I can attest that students found it clearly written and useful in its discussion of identifying assumptions and potential alternative approaches. Endorse.
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MatthewAKraft @jscottclayton Love it - many thanks Judy!
7 hours 32 min ago.
jscottclayton @MatthewAKraft Minaya and Scott-Clayton paper on Federal Work Study (Econ of Ed Review)? We discuss advantages & disadvantages relative to other designs and (I hope) are clear about underlying assumptions
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MatthewAKraft @lucy_sorensen Many thanks Lucy! More great work by @JasonAGrissom
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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.