Stuart Nachbar - Articles

Stuart Nachbar has been involved with education politics, policy and technology as a student, urban planner, government affairs manager, software executive, and now as author of The Sex Ed Chronicles. Visit his blog, Educated Quest

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Unintended Consequences of True School Choice
I always try to make it a point to see both sides of an education issue, and as Project Runway host Tim Gunn always tells his fashion designer cast, try to make it work. The concept of true school choice fits that challenge. The thought behind true school choice is that "dollars... Read
By: Stuart Nachbar | 07/07/2008 | Education
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Comics For Extra Credit - Part 3
I've got Ironman to blame for catching the comic bug over the past few weeks. This weekend I went to see another Marvel character, The Incredible Hulk, be re-introduced to the public. This is the second Hulk movie in five years; the previous Hulk, directed by Ang Lee, more famous... Read
By: Stuart Nachbar | 04/07/2008 | Art and Entertainment
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Citizens Owe Our Soldiers a New G.I. Bill
I have a novel in editing, a story of a college administration in the aftermath of the murder of a U.S. Army recruiting officer. I chose as my venue a privately supported engineering school, historically friendly to the military that had relied on receiving a considerable amount of tuition revenues... Read
By: Stuart Nachbar | 04/07/2008 | Education
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Bi-Party Tickets Totally Senseless
I receive a daily news feed from Salon, and for the past two days I have received articles about Obama-Hagel and McCain-Lieberman unity tickets. I have just three words for those who believe such events will happen: it ain't happening. Abraham Lincoln was the last president to choose a vice president... Read
By: Stuart Nachbar | 04/07/2008 | Politics
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It Pays to Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys or Giants or Eagles or Redskins
NFL Draft Season is now upon us and if you're a pro football fan you already know about the widespread speculation about where your favorite players are going to plying their trade on Sundays, Mondays, and Thursdays and, if they're lucky, the weekends in January and February after their college... Read
By: Stuart Nachbar | 22/06/2008 | Sports and Fitness
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A Bill to Protect Military Recruiters
I am completing Defending College Heights, a novel about an Irish Catholic family and a college administration in the aftermath of the murder of a U.S. Army recruiter. I started work on Defending because I had connections in the higher education community who were quite knowledgeable on the issues, or... Read
By: Stuart Nachbar | 21/06/2008 | Education
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Do Graduation Reporting Standards Mean Anything?
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings introduced new proposed regulations to help clarify how schools, districts and states implement policies and business practices under No Child Left Behind. Among these proposals, Secretary Spellings has asked that high schools be required to use graduation rates that track cohorts of students as they progress... Read
By: Stuart Nachbar | 16/06/2008 | Education
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Endowment Tax is Unsound Public Policy
I just read in the May 19 Christian Science Monitor that a Massachusetts legislator proposes a 2.5 percent tax on college endowments over $1 billion. The Commonwealth State has nine such institutions including Harvard, MIT, Williams, Boston College, Amherst, Wellesley, Tufts, Smith and Boston University; all of them are among... Read
By: Stuart Nachbar | 16/06/2008 | Education
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Comics For Extra Credit - Part 2
My first post about comics as an educational aid generated an interesting response - from the managing director of Classical Comics, a comic book company in the United Kingdom. Not to be confused with Classic Comics, often teasingly referred to as a study guide for college literature classes here in... Read
By: Stuart Nachbar | 16/06/2008 | Education
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Should The High School Military Test Be A Mandatory Test?
High school students interested in serving in our armed forces must take an entrance examination called the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). The ASVAB is used to not only assess a recruit's aptitude for military service, but also help identify their Military Operational Specialty - service-speak for job -... Read
By: Stuart Nachbar | 05/06/2008 | Education