Matt Barnum

3 days 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 days 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. …

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

Case comes as court has lowered some barriers between church and stateWASHINGTON—Since the first charter school opened 33 years ago in St. Paul, Minn., the movement for independently run but publicly financed and supervised education has exploded, now serving nearly four million students. And every one of the nation’s 8,000 charter schools is nonsectarian, because state and federal law has required it.

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

“It’s abundantly clear that the First Amendment protects religious organizations’ right to participate,” said John Meiser, the head of a religious liberty clinic at the University of Notre Dame law school, which represents a proposed online Catholic charter school in Oklahoma. The state’s Republican attorney general, Gentner Drummond, said that argument turns the charter school concept upside down.

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Matt Barnum

Several states are challenging the administration’s moves in courtThe Trump administration recently sent a letter to states nationwide with a demand: Certify that your schools aren’t engaging in what federal officials call illegal diversity, equity and inclusion programs—or risk funding. Several states swiftly pushed back. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Subscribe NowAlready a subscriber? Sign In