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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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SustainableED @edsustainable.bsky.social · 3d

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!

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SustainableED @edsustainable.bsky.social · 4d

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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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 4d

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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Educational Researcher - AERA @erjournal-aera.bsky.social · 16d

"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.

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SustainableED @edsustainable.bsky.social · 18d

🌍+🎓 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

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SustainableED @edsustainable.bsky.social · 26d

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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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!

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“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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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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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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