Matthew A. Kraft

Matthew A. Kraft is an American educator and researcher. He is currently an associate 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.[1]

Biography

Between 1999 and 2003, Kraft attended Stanford University where he majored in International Relations with a concentration in Political Economy and earned a master's degree in International Comparative Education. In 2005, Kraft taught 8th grade English as a long-term substitute teacher at Urban Promise Academy in Oakland Unified School District, where he conducted field work for his master's thesis. He earned teaching credentials in English and history from Alliant International University and taught 9th grade humanities at Berkeley High School in California from 2005 to 2008.[2][3]

After working as a high school teacher, Kraft pursued an Ed. D. in Quantitative Policy Analysis in Education with a concentration in the Economics of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In 2013, he joined the Department of Education at Brown University as an assistant professor. He was a visiting professor at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in the spring of 2023.[2]

Currently, Kraft is an associate professor of Education and Economics at Brown University, as well as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Research Fellow at IZA – Institute of Labor Economics, a Fellow at the CESifo Research Network, and Senior Fellow at the Esade Center for Economic Policy in Madrid, Spain.

References
  1. "About Me". scholar.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  2. "CV". scholar.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  3. Aunión, J. A. (2023-03-16). "Matthew Kraft, education specialist: 'In the US, teachers are forced to have a second job simply to be able to afford a shared apartment'". EL PAÍS English. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
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