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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. His scholarship has informed efforts to improve teacher hiring, professional development, evaluation, and working conditions; changed how scholars interpret effect sizes in education research; and shaped ongoing investments in school-based tutoring and mentoring programs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previously, he taught 8th grade English in Oakland Unified School District and 9th grade humanities at Berkeley High School in California. He holds a doctorate in Quantitative Policy Analysis in Education from the Harvard University as well as an M.A. in International Comparative Education and a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University.
Visit our library to view Matthew Kraft's papers related to learning mindsets.
Associated Publications
- Teacher effects on complex cognitive skills and social-emotional competencies
- Interpreting effect sizes of education interventions
- Evidence from half a million students on the importance of belonging in schools
- Teacher and teaching effects on students’ attitudes and behaviors
- Teacher effects on complex cognitive skills and social-emotional competencies
- School climate: A tool to improve student outcomes and teacher turnover
- Student Experience Research Network’s portfolio of research on mindsets and the learning environment
- Lessons from the first round of the Mindsets & the Learning Environment Initiative
- Mindsets and the learning environment: How teachers’ mindsets about mathematical ability influence their practice
- More evidence of the complex effects of teachers on student outcomes
- School climate: A tool for improving student and teacher outcomes
- Student Experience Research Network launches initiative to understand how learning environments impact students’ motivation and engagement
- Student Experience Research Network update: Entering a new chapter in learning mindset research
- Six new researchers join the Student Experience Research Network
Media
- Are Math Coaches the Answer to Lagging Achievement?
- Students will go back to school eventually. Here are 5 concrete ideas for helping them catch up, readjust
- The 2020 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings
- Debate Arises over Teaching “Growth Mindsets” to Motivate Students
- The 2019 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings
