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Matt Barnum

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K-12 Education Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

K-12 education reporter @WSJ; previously @Chalkbeat; fake stats vigilante; [email protected]

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  • 2 weeks ago | cn.wsj.com | Matt Barnum

    周四的这项裁决命令政府恢复那些已被解雇的雇员职位。特朗普政府计划提起上诉。一名联邦法官阻止了特朗普政府旨在瓦解教育部的大规模行动,称此举未经国会同意,实际上掏空了该部门。波士顿的美国地区法官Myong Joun写道:“眼看教育部的雇员不断被解雇,下属部门被调离,直至该部门变成一个空壳,本法院不能坐视不管。”Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8订阅 热门文章热门视频

  • 2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Matt Barnum |Jan Wolfe

    The ruling, which the administration is expected to appeal, said the agency must reinstate employees who were firedA federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s wide-scale efforts to dismantle the Education Department, saying it effectively gutted the agency without Congress’s consent.

  • 2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Jess Bravin |Matt Barnum

    The 4-4 vote, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett recusing herself, delivers an unexpected setback for social conservativesThe court divided 4-4 on the case, due to the recusal of Justice Amy Coney Barrett, thereby affirming an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that found it unconstitutional to require the state to fund religious education through its public charter program. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

  • 3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Matt Barnum

    Method focuses on what students know and allows them to retake tests and turn in assignments lateSCHENECTADY, N.Y.—A principal-turned-consultant has built a movement—and a business—on overturning how teachers have graded for generations. His alternative: “grading for equity.”Joe Feldman preaches that students should be able to retake tests and redo assignments. There should be no penalties for late work and no grades for homework.

  • 3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Matt Barnum

    1 hour agoIn August 2021, a mysterious package from Sarasota, Fla., showed up in Nicole Archer’s mailbox in Manhattan. Dr. Archer hurried upstairs to her cramped Chelsea apartment with the thick envelope in hand and tore it open at her dining table, revealing a legal document she had wondered about for months. …

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23 Sep 24

RT @melissakorn: "We think we have moved the needle. We have not solved the problem." Bloomberg Philanthropies has fallen short of its loft…