Matthew P. Steinberg

Matthew P. Steinberg is an associate professor of education policy in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University (GMU). He is the director of EdPolicyForward: The Center for Education Policy at GMU and a university faculty affiliate at the Schar School of Policy and Government. Dr. Steinberg is an affiliated researcher with the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, an academic affiliate with the Educator Impact Laboratory at Mathematica Policy Research, and an IUR Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Urban Research. His research addresses issues of educational significance at the intersection of the economics of education and education policy, including: teacher evaluation and human capital; urban school reform; school discipline and safety; and school finance. His work further informs local and national policy discussions on the impact of education policies and practices on the distribution of teacher effectiveness and the educational outcomes of students, particularly the most disadvantaged among the population. He is a recipient of the 2016 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. Dr. Steinberg holds a PhD in public policy from the University of Chicago, an MPA in public policy analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MEd in childhood education from The City College of New York, and a BA in economics and sociology from the University of Virginia. Prior to graduate school, he was a New York City Teaching Fellow. He is also a graduate of the Chase Manhattan Bank Global Investment Banking Analyst Training Program and was formerly an investment banker.

updated 2020