Matthew A. Kraft

Matthew A. Kraft is an associate professor of education and economics at Brown University; a faculty affiliate of the Annenberg Institute, the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, and the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University; affiliated faculty at the Harvard Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University; a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research; a research fellow with IZA – Institute of Labor Economics; and an invited researcher at J-PAL North America. His work primarily focuses on efforts to improve educator and organizational effectiveness in K–12 public schools. He has published over 40 academic articles in leading education, economics, and public policy journals. His research has been distinguished by the AERA Outstanding Public Communication Award, the Society for Educational Effectiveness Early Career Award, the William T. Grant Early Career Scholar Award, the Brown University Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award for the most outstanding article across the seven flagship AERA journals, and a National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship. Kraft received his MA in international comparative education from Stanford University and his PhD in quantitative policy analysis from Harvard University.

updated 2024