Matthew G. Springer is an interdisciplinary policy scholar by training and studies educational innovations and policies for improving system effectiveness and access to educational opportunities. Matt consults widely with government agencies and international organizations, including the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Government Accountability Office, the National Governor’s Association, the American Federation of Teachers, the United Kingdom and Mexico governments, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. He has taught courses on the history and current trends in higher education, educator policy, education finance, research methods and causal inference, policy analysis, reading and writing academic research, and public policymaking. Matt’s research has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNN’s Top of the Hour, National Public Radio, and The New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. He is a managing partner at Basis Policy Research, an applied research and technical assistance firm with offices in Denver, Co, Grand Rapids, MI, and Hillsborough, NC. Before joining Basis, Matt was the Hussman Distinguished Professor of Education Reform at UNC and an education and public policy faculty member at Vanderbilt University.