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Matt Barnum
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K-12 education reporter at the Wall Street Journal
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Dennis Prager of PragerU suggests bringing education back to the 1930s — but "minus the bad things." www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...

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New: Data shows that young children *started school* this year with weaker math and reading skills, pointing to the lingering effects of the pandemic even for those who weren't in school at its height. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

WSJ News Exclusive | When Covid Hit, They Were in Diapers. So Why Are Kindergarteners Struggling?
WSJ News Exclusive | When Covid Hit, They Were in Diapers. So Why Are Kindergarteners Struggling?

Add young children to the list of students who need help catching up after the pandemic, according to recent test scores

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Texas officials promoted a performance pay plan as a way of helping teachers make six figures. Problem: Less than 1% of teachers in the state have reached $100K salaries. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Texas Teachers Can Earn $100,000. But There’s a Catch.
Texas Teachers Can Earn $100,000. But There’s a Catch.

State-funded program offers teachers performance-based bonuses, but some say it creates division

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it's a bit confusing

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seems like a better place to be than the social media site formerly known as Twitter!

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there has long been a frustrating lack of clarity about what is actually being debated here, and which are values vs. empirical claims

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I looked far and wide in this story to find specific evidence for its central thesis (that dropping the SAT hurts disadvantaged kids). But weirdly I couldn't find it. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/b...

The Misguided War on the SAT
The Misguided War on the SAT

Colleges have fled standardized tests, on the theory that they hurt diversity. That’s not what the research shows.

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New: I look at the nascent movement to revive school integration through state courts. Advocates say they've learned from the successes and failures of the prior era of desegregation "busing." www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Education Activists Want to Revive School Integration. Just Don’t Call It Busing.
Education Activists Want to Revive School Integration. Just Don’t Call It Busing.

Lawsuits in New Jersey and Minnesota seek to increase racial balancing, and a new group wants to take strategy to more states

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Matt Barnum
@mattbarnum.bsky.social
K-12 education reporter at the Wall Street Journal
173 followers110 following28 posts