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Matthew A Kraft

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Professor of Education and Economics. Former high school humanities teacher. Proud papa & volunteer soccer coach. Reading as much as I can about climate change. www.matthewakraft.com

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Matthew A. Kraft is an American economist of education, educator, and researcher. He is currently a Professor of Education and Economics at Brown University, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Research Fellow with IZA – Institute of Labor Economics. His primary work focuses on efforts to improve educator and organizational effectiveness in U.S. public schools. Kraft also is also the Founder and Faculty Director of SustainableED, an initiative at Brown University focused on advancing research at the intersection of education systems and climate change. From July 2024 to July 2025, he was appointed by the Biden administration to serve as a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. .. more

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Jul 17

In 2022, as I was tucking my then 7-year-old son into bed he said to me in a sleepy haze

"Dad, global warming is bad. What are we going to do?"

This❓from out of the blue ROCKED me

I've spent the last several years searching for an answer

Let me tell you about that journey & where I've landed

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 1h

Why not collaborate with academics to make this type of research synthesis journalism more efficient? I'd be happy to do so for topics related to K-12 education policy.

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 18h

Thanks @jenjennings.bsky.social for having me out to Princeton to present at the Education Research Section seminar. What a great interdisciplinary group and a beautiful campus!

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 18h

I just talked to Jesse about this work. I am super excited for it to come out. Thanks for sharing!

Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 22h

Super helpful! Thanks, Roddy!

Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 22h

Thanks so much, Sarah!

Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 22h

If you are at #SREE2025, come hear about #SustainableED's latest research on the proximity of environmental hazards near schools.

SustainableED @edsustainable.bsky.social · 23h

Tomorrow (!) at SREE: Sohil Malik will be presenting *new* research from our team, "Pollution and Environmental Contamination Sites Near US Schools: A National Analysis"

Symposium #543 in Salon 7, 9:00am on Friday
Hope to see you there!

Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 22h

The #SustainableED team will be at #SREE2025. We hope you will come by our panel on Friday morning to learn more about our new research!

SustainableED @edsustainable.bsky.social · 1d

At SREE 2025 this week: Grace Falken will be presenting findings from our recent working paper, "Education Systems and Climate Change: Synthesizing the Evidence to Guide Future Research"

Symposium #543 in Salon 7, 9:00am on Friday
Hope to see you there!

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SustainableED @edsustainable.bsky.social · 23h

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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 1d

A study in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis found that 1:1 tutoring is more effective than 3:1 tutoring in an online setting. @matthewakraft.com
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 2d

#econsky #edusky. 📉📈 Can you help?

What papers provide estimates of the standard deviation of school effects on test scores measured in student standard deviation units?

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 9d

Thanks, Dan Hamlin, for the opportunity to visit the University of Oklahoma as the inaugural speaker in the Oklahoma Center for Education Policy Innovation seminar series. As a bonus, I was able to speak w/ Deven Carlson's class & stop by the National Weather Center & Climatological Survey.

Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 13d

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Educational Researcher - AERA @erjournal-aera.bsky.social · 13d

"Grow Your Own" (GYO) programs were created to encourage members of local communities to become teachers: aiming to address shortages and increase diversity within the profession. Researchers offer new ways to measure the effectiveness of such programs: bit.ly/3IcXMwz.

Illustration of people interacting with light bulb flowers on a plant.

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 15d

Really cool TT job for a scholar studying issues at the intersection of education, the environment, and sustainability. Very excited to see this type of job ad in the wild!

SustainableED @edsustainable.bsky.social · 15d

🌍+🎓 job alert!

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a tenure track Assistant/Associate Professor with expertise in education, the environment, and society. Check out the opportunity at the link below + share with your networks!

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Assistant or Associate Professor in Educational Policy Studies - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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SustainableED @edsustainable.bsky.social · 15d

Assistant or Associate Professor in Educational Policy Studies - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 21d

It was such a joy to visit @uvaehd.bsky.social as part of the Virginia Education Sciences Training (VEST) speaker series. What a beautiful place with a vibrant group of scholars and students. Thanks for the great conversations and thoughtful feedback. @dbassok.bsky.social

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 23d

#SustainableED is growing! We are so thrilled to welcome Samantha and Laura to the team. 🌎+🎓

SustainableED @edsustainable.bsky.social · 23d

We are excited to welcome Postdoc Samantha Kane and Senior Advisor Laura Schifter to the SustainableED team 🥳 Both bring invaluable expertise in crafting and communicating rigorous, policy-relevant research. Looking forward to what's next!

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Sep 8

This semester I'm experimenting with new ways to integrate the latest technology into my courses.⚡📘⚡

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Danielle Edwards @drdsedwards.bsky.social · Sep 4

My paper with @matthewakraft.com describing the variety of Grow Your Own teacher programs nationally is out in print in @erjournal-aera.bsky.social!

EdResearcher: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...

Open Access: edworkingpapers.com/sites/defaul...

“Grow Your Own” (GYO) programs have emerged as a new approach to expanding teacher supply, addressing localized shortages, and diversifying the profession. However, little is known about the scale and design of GYO programs, which recruit and support individuals from the local community to become teachers. We conduct a quantitative content analysis of 94 GYO initiatives and find that “GYO” is an umbrella term used to describe teacher pipeline programs with very different purposes, participants, and program features. Although nearly all GYO initiatives aim to increase local supply, far fewer offer programming aligned with reducing shortages in hard-to-staff subjects and schools, increasing diversity, and improving effectiveness. We propose a new classification scheme to facilitate more precise discussions of GYO programs.

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Sep 3

How vulnerable are the schools in your community to climate hazards?

Find out using a new data tool we've created w/ @brookings.edu where you can look up FEMA-based risk levels for every US public school.

We hope this can help inform local policy & pedagogy.

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Aug 26

The US is facing a dual crisis in declining educational outcomes & escalating climate impacts.

We outline how education policy can respond in ways that raise academic achievement, create cost savings, & contribute to a healthier planet via @brookings.edu

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Climate change is an urgent but often overlooked education policy issue | Brookings

Climate change threatens schools’ stability, but resilient infrastructure and climate education can drive solutions.

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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · Aug 26

📢 A new #EdWorkingPapers Policy and Practice Series summary features “Education and Climate Change: Synthesizing the Evidence to Guide Future Research” by @matthewakraft.com, Grace Falken & Sohil Malik!

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Aug 18

Thanks, Dan! My view is this paper confirms broad teacher eval reforms can work in at least some contexts ⬇️, but key elements have proven difficult to scale & sustain successful.

I think we would do well to include these dimensions (scalability & sustainability) into our definition of what "works".

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Aug 18

That means a lot, thanks Constance!! :)

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Aug 18

Our article examining the effects of nearly a nation-wide scale-up of state teacher evaluation reforms is now out in print at JPE: Micro. Check it out!

Print version:
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Open Access:
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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · Aug 13

As @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social says, it's a "education reform-climate change double header" on the Gadfly. I love that @matthewakraft.com is swinging for the fences on the big issues and the discussion that gets into the thorny politics of climate change.

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Education policy and climate change | Episode 981 of The Education Gadfly Show

This week, Matthew Kraft, professor of education and economics at Brown University, joins The Education Gadfly Show to discuss the intersection of education policy and climate change.

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Aug 13

🌎Climate change is an urgent education policy issue🎓

I make the case about why teaching about climate science and investing in resilient, sustainable schools is smart education policy on Fordham's Education Gadfly podcast w/
@michaelpetrilli.bsky.social

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Education policy and climate change | Episode 981 of The Education Gadfly Show

This week, Matthew Kraft, professor of education and economics at Brown University, joins The Education Gadfly Show to discuss the intersection of education policy and climate change.

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