# Matthew Kraft

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62: Melissa Arnold Lyon

Melissa Arnold Lyon is an assistant professor of public policy at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, SUNY. Melissa studies the political economy of education policy, focusing on inequality, governance, and teacher politics and policy. She's interest ...

#910: Reforming Houston ISD, with Mike Miles

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Mike Miles, the superintendent of Houston ISD, joins Mike and David to discuss the reforms he’s implementing in the Lone Star State’s largest district. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber examines a new study of how increased learning time affects re ...

66: Becca Merrill

Becca Merrill is a researcher and evaluator at Education Northwest. Her content expertise is in the teacher labor market, with methodological expertise in both quantitative and qualitative designs. Her recent work focuses on teacher working conditions as a lever for teacher retention, informed b ...

Marine Matthew Kraft Vanishes on Solo Sierra Nevada Trek

On February 23rd 2019, after embarking on a solo 10 day trek through the Sierra Nevadas via the Sierra High Route, a 1st Division Marine with mountaineering and survival training never returned. Multiple agencies searched for more than a week but found no clues.  Join us this week as we investig ...

Who Knew Tutoring Wouldn’t Be a Huge Success, or How I Learned to Frivolously Spend Tax Payer Money Without Really Trying

“That’s how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you’re invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a conversation here, and add a little gossip there. A writing desk lies open and you cannot help but read a paper. Then you find something, something you should not have found…” ...

Ep 31. From public school teacher to economic advisor at The White House

Host: David Riedman, creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database Guest: Dr. Matthew Kraft, Associate Prof. of Education & Economics, Brown University * Website: www.matthewakraft.com * Twitter: @MatthewAKraft * BlueSky: @matthewakraft.bsky.social Report: The Cumulative Costs of Gun Violence on ...

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. Then, on the Research Minute, Adam Tyner examines whether an elite “exam school” led to better educational outco ...

534: On the Cheerleader Bus

Follow-up: Marco’s new Kobo Kobo will price-match (via Bob Pekol) Games breaking the fourth wall Metal Gear Solid Controller Swap Trick Blackbox (App Store link) (via Andrew Clark) Batman: Arkham Asylum (via David Kung) Business perspective on 15” MacBook Air (via Michael Lec ...

Is your school near a toxic hazard site?

Sometimes you read something that you just want to scream about from the rooftops. That happened to me a few days back when I read the first new report from SustainableED, the Sustainable Education Research Initiative at Brown University. That’s a relatively new center devoted to examining the ...

Environmental hazards near schools

Schools' proximities to hazardous materials sites Science Sessions are brief conversations with cutting-edge researchers, National Academy members, and policymakers as they discuss topics relevant to today's scientific community. Learn the behind-the-scenes story of work published in the Procee ...