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Matthew A Kraft

@matthewakraft.com

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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 @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 · 19h

#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 · 6d

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 · 11d

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Educational Researcher - AERA @erjournal-aera.bsky.social · 11d

"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 · 13d

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 · 13d

🌍+🎓 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!

jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

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...

jobs.wisc.edu

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 18d

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 · 20d

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

SustainableED @edsustainable.bsky.social · 21d

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!

Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 29d

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.

www.brookings.edu/articles/cli...

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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!

📄 edworkingpapers.com/policy-pract...

#EdExchange @edsustainable.bsky.social

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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

www.brookings.edu/articles/cli...

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.

www.brookings.edu

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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!! :)

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:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Open Access:
static1.squarespace.com/static/6297c...

@joshbleiberg.bsky.social

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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.

fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...

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.

fordhaminstitute.org

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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

fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...

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.

fordhaminstitute.org

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Aug 12

Our paper examining the dynamics of teacher shortages is now out in print!

EEPA:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

open access:
edworkingpapers.com/ai22-684

@drdsedwards.bsky.social @alvinchristian.bsky.social @chriscandelaria.com

Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Aug 6

So excited for the things to come with SustainableED! @edsustainable.bsky.social

www.brown.edu/news/2025-08...

Initiative at Brown’s Annenberg Institute aims to advance research on schools and climate change

The Sustainable Education Research Initiative will build collaborations between scholars, policymakers and practitioners to generate insights that inform Pre-K-12 education policy and practice.

www.brown.edu

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · Jul 29

Excited to announce the call for papers for the inaugural MidSouth Education Policy Workshop, October 16-17, in Lexington, KY!

Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome!

Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Jul 25

Great piece in @edweek.org about SustainableED - our new initiative dedicated to advancing research at the intersection of education and climate change. @edsustainable.bsky.social

Sign up to join our growing network. 👇 🖊️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

www.edweek.org/leadership/h...

How Much Is Climate Change Costing Schools? A New Effort Seeks to Find Out

The initiative also documents what's known about schools' emissions, how climate disasters eat into learning time, and potential solutions.

www.edweek.org

Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Jul 21

Congrats, Larry.

Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Jul 17

Thank you so much for sharing, Katharine. I hope our paths cross in this space. 😊

Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Jul 17

Great question. I see it as "yes, and" instead of "either or". This is just the space where I think I can the most value.

Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Jul 17

I'm so sorry to hear this. I think making these issues local is essential. We aim to develop tools to do just that.