Stuart Nachbar
Stuart Nachbar has been involved in education politics and economic development for two decades as an urbna planner, government affairs manager, software executive, and now as a writer. For more details about his first novel, the Sex Ed Chronicles, please go to www.sexedchronicles.com
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Articles by Stuart Nachbar
March 11, 2010
To turn around poor performance, a Rhode Island high school must do more than fire all of its teachers.
January 25, 2010
There is much to Avatar beyond the special effects.
January 19, 2010
State governments can cut spending and get better high school students by dropping exit examinations.
December 01, 2009
The one-year MBA is an attractive educational option for some, but not for all aspiring graduate business students.
November 23, 2009
There is a good side to guarantee football games and it goes beyond a guaranteed win.
November 18, 2009
One New York education reporter takes a look at education reform through the eyes of three teenage students learning to read.
November 18, 2009
Mississippi governor Haley Barbour proposes to consolidate three Historically Black Colleges and Universities into a single, but stronger institution. But are the supposed cost savings worth the loss of identity for these schools?
November 18, 2009
Guarantee games are a college football institution, and a bad one for the game.
September 16, 2009
Studying philosophy helps college students take an analytical approach to real world problems, but the demand for professional philosophers will diminish.
September 16, 2009
How might Rep Wilson's shout 'you lie' influence behavior in other settings where civility is required, starting with the classroom?
September 08, 2009
Washington Monthly has developed their own college rankings and their grade is incomplete.
August 17, 2009
Teaching biblical history in the public schools may sound like a good idea, but there are still unanswered questions for parents and educators.
August 13, 2009
Here's a new catch phrase to contribute to the health care debate: Draftee Doctor
August 10, 2009
What are the opportunities beyond doctoral for liberal arts students who study physics and what is the future for those who pursue advanced study?
August 10, 2009
Another college ranking weighs student faculty ratings and post-degree salary first and comes out with interesting results. Here's why.
July 21, 2009
This is a fun, but not dramatic, story of Facebook, a college start-up that has become a business valued in billions of dollars, but is yet to be profitable.
July 21, 2009
A former Libertarian vice presidential candidate tries to sell his party's philosophy as a means to citizen empowerment and true conservatism.
July 15, 2009
Sarah Palin does not have the same political future as conservatives who preceded her in leaving public office. Her accomplishment pale her predecessors, including one much-maligned vice president Dan Quayle.
June 25, 2009
Match Day is an interesting story for anyone considering a medical career, no matter what stage they are at in their pre-medical or medical education.
June 25, 2009
The Islamist is an interesting but troubling memoir of a man who once recruited British college students for Islamism, the belief in a sovereign Islamic state.
June 25, 2009
The Clery Act, while popular and well-intentioned, might not be enough to address campus crime.
June 11, 2009
Growing Up Dead is a great book for Deadheads and music fans alike.
June 10, 2009
This book tells the extent to which the original G.I Bill spurred the growth of economic, educational and housing opportunities for more than 12 million returning veterans of World War II
June 10, 2009
Dr. Jenn, the #1 Teen Girl Expert in America, delivers straight answers about sex education.
June 10, 2009
Two northern California municipalities are ready to defend their law against the recruitment of minors, children under 18, into military service. Win or lose, the verdict could lead to changes in military recruitment practices.
June 10, 2009
Clemson University moves up the U.S. News rankings for national research universities, and they are accused of gaming the rankings.
May 27, 2009
A feminist tackles the virgin ideals of conservatives.
May 27, 2009
College baseball faces financial problems and weak relationships with the major league game.
May 27, 2009
The military should pay the full cost of salaries and military equipment for high school Junior ROTC programs.
April 23, 2009
Isiah Thomas is the last man who should be coaching at a school on athletic probation.
April 20, 2009
An insightful inside look at the April 16, 2007 tragedy at Virginia Tech.
April 20, 2009
A novel that makes college admissions interesting.
April 15, 2009
Parks and Recreation, starring Amy Poehler, has accurate and inaccurate portrayals of local government that are scary.
April 06, 2009
A book about Jerry Falwell's Liberty University brings up a question: was it possible that Martin Luther King, who was also a pastoral leader, could have become the president of a college?
April 06, 2009
A Brown University senior reports on his year as a transfer student at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University.
March 09, 2009
The GOP should pay a house call on Congressman and physician Ron Paul.
February 24, 2009
Binghamton University succeeds on the court under the philosophy of Georgetown legend John Thompson.
February 24, 2009
An ill-conceived takeover of an NYU campus building ends with no victories and student suspensions
February 17, 2009
A Georgia legislator's proposal to consolidate two historically black colleges defies economics and politics.
February 17, 2009
Rutgers University's Newark campus celebrates the 40th anniversary of the student takeover of a campus building.
February 09, 2009
Anti-sweatshop provisions dominate decision making on apparel licensing at one of the nation's leading flagship state universities.
February 09, 2009
There are pluses and minuses to mayoral control of school boards.
February 03, 2009
William F. Buckley's God and Man at Yale might have been the first college guide, and it's still a classic among political conservatives.
January 29, 2009
There's no reason for 100 point blow-outs in high school basketball games, and they can be prevented from happening.
January 29, 2009
The University of California-Berkeley is taking a page from the NFL playbook to help finance their football stadium renovations and their athletic endowment. It's a risk, but not a bad idea--as long as their football team keeps winning.
January 29, 2009
Obama's $819 billion bill is more than just old-fashioned, pump-priming government spending, and Congressional Republicans should know it.
January 21, 2009
The College Board's decision to offer Score Choice, and allow college-bound juniors to hide their lowest SAT scores, is a tactic to gain market share and nothing more. There is a fairer solution that would create a win-win-win-win for students, admissions officers, schools and the College Board.
January 06, 2009
Conservative Republicans have proposed legislation to overturn testing provisions in No Child Left Behind.
January 06, 2009
A presidential proclamation and a magnanimous gesture by the monied are the best ways to recognize the University of Utah's championship football season.
January 05, 2009
Pontiac is a major advertiser in college football, but they need to do a better job of making and marketing cars for the college student market.
December 17, 2008
Smart Money attempts to rank schools based on their financial payback.
December 18, 2008
A new need-based tuition policy at Stanford makes one reconsider college accessibility and affordability as well as merit-based financial aid from state universities.
December 16, 2008
Gettysburg dealt with tourism five score and twelve years before Disney.
December 15, 2008
Home schooling is not the exclusive domain of evangelical conservatives.
December 11, 2008
Business school rankings mean more to schools at the bottom of the best than to the schools at the top.
December 11, 2008
Rutgers has big sneakers to fill in finding a new athletic director
December 05, 2008
Cooperative education is a proven way to take students from school to work, but it has its risks too.
November 25, 2008
The worth of an athlete's college degree is no less than the worth of a non-athlete's degree.
November 21, 2008
Tyra Banks may have walked into a new cause that's bigger than herself.
November 20, 2008
The SAT and ACT have been misused for a variety of purposes, and some go beyond college admissions.
November 18, 2008
Major college football needs to go beyond playoffs and reform the bowl game structure.
November 12, 2008
It's time for a honest discussion about the roles of the federal government during a weak economy and at war time.
November 12, 2008
It is not the right time for the University of North Carolina-Charlotte to commit to a football team.
November 11, 2008
The University of California system proposes to drop SAT II subject area examinations, but not the highly criticized SATs
October 29, 2008
New proposals to address college accessibility and affordability and ROTC should be on the next president's agenda.
October 28, 2008
The next president must revise, not just reauthorize, No Child Left Behind.
October 27, 2008
ReadiStep, the College Board's new exam will assess eighth graders this fall.
October 27, 2008
Code Pink, a national activist network, may have spread their agenda too thin.
October 23, 2008
Joe the Plumber is more secure than the everyday working man, no matter who is president.
October 22, 2008
Economics should be taught in public schools, with realistic pre-conditions
October 21, 2008
The U.K-based Scout Association has announced that they will teach sex education to scouts age 10 and up.
October 20, 2008
A Reno, Nevada teacher showed that you don't have to be smarter than a sixth grader to help run a congressional campaign.
October 17, 2008
Barack Obama should follow a WWJD question of his own: What Would Jed Do?
October 15, 2008
In a controversial use of merit-based Baylor University provided incentives to freshman to retake their SATs in order to boost the institution's average scores.
October 08, 2008
ETS is encouraging college juniors and seniors to take the Graduate Record Examination, even if they are uncertain about their graduate educational plans.
October 07, 2008
The best way to pay for teacher performance is to have a national, public-private, teacher bonus plan.
September 25, 2008
John McCain's proposal to postpone the upcoming debate is far from courageous or presidential.
September 17, 2008
A college's rebirth is partly driven by a $30 million investment in athletics.
September 15, 2008
Boeing, the world´s second largest aerospace and defense contractor, has announced that they will match internal employee evaluations against information about the colleges that their 35,000 engineers attended to develop a ranking of the engineering schools where they recruit.
September 10, 2008
Barack Obama must take off the gloves on a misleading sex education ad.
September 10, 2008
The road to Georgia State University's future in college football may lead to the Big East.
September 09, 2008
An Oklahoma State University professor develops a hypothetical model for a quality college education at a more affordable price.
September 08, 2008
Aside from Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin might have John McCain's logical choice for Vice President.
August 18, 2008
The sexual escapes of teenage celebrities leave parents good cause for concern.
August 18, 2008
The first 21st century book about the Harvard Business School experience.
August 19, 2008
New Orleans could become the conservative model for school reform--if the teachers and administrators can keep parents happy.
August 19, 2008
School principals must become more responsible school newspaper publishers and not inhibit free speech.
August 14, 2008
With no draft, the NFL would recruit rookies much like business recruits entry level hires
August 13, 2008
More teachable moments on same-sex marriage
August 12, 2008
American Teen is a documentary that follows the true lives of four teenagers: a mean girl, a basketball star, an artsy girl and a geek through their senior year at an Indiana high school. I liked the movie, but every once in a while I had to remind myself that for these kids it was real life; they w...
August 12, 2008
Conservatives have gotten some things right about sex education, but they've also gotten some things seriously wrong.
August 01, 2008
One school district has a new punishment for dress code violators: dress them like prison inmates.
August 07, 2008
One company attempts to quantify the salary potential of college graduates by school, with interesting results.
August 06, 2008
Government should defer to all clergy on same-sex marriage because government should not regulate religious ceremonies.
July 30, 2008
California mandate for 8th grade algebra is over the top.
July 28, 2008
I just bought an interesting book: Smart Kids, Bad Schools written by Brian Crosby, a National Board Certified twenty-year veteran high school teacher in the Los Angeles area. Over the past six years, Crosby has remained an educator, but has also become a very successful educator advocate. His first...
July 25, 2008
I am a Rutgers alumnus and I´ve become a such a huge fan of their women´s basketball team that I joined the Cagers, their fan club, even though I can´t make all of the games. The Cagers not only support Rutgers; they´ve become supporters of the WNBA New York Liberty too. This...
July 24, 2008
Don't Ask Don't Tell Must Be Repealed Along With Deeply Entrenched Attitudes
July 23, 2008
The Green Bay Packers decision on Brett Favre is no different that a corporate decision to let a faithful employee go.
June 18, 2008
Democrats and Republicans should not run fusion tickets with vice presidents from the opposite party.
June 17, 2008
There is much to learn from comics, for instance, from The Incredible Hulk.
June 11, 2008
A well intention bill in Congress may protect the rights and property of military recruiters-with unintended consequences.
May 20, 2008
There are many lessons we can learn from Ironman, and the comics.
May 15, 2008
Caleb Campbell is going straight to the National Football League from West Point. He deserves the opportunity, on conditions.
May 14, 2008
A nation at war owes it's citizen soldiers better college education benefits under the G.I Bill, and those who have risked the most should reap the greatest reward.
May 06, 2008
A New Jersey student government election is done over, and will be done over again.
May 01, 2008
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 graduatio...
April 28, 2008
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine brings tough love to fiscal responsibility
April 29, 2008
Student politics sometimes mirrors adult power politics, with potentially devasating results
April 21, 2008
The National Football League draft is this weekend 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 Fe...
April 17, 2008
This morning, April 17, I checked my inbox and found a message from a reader who had read the previous day´s column on the JP Morgan/Chase decision to discontinue lending to schools with low repayment rates.
I had pointed out that Chase´s spokesperson refused to list the affected sch...
April 16, 2008
Today JP Morgan/Chase Manhattan, the bank that recently worked with the Fed to acquire the former Bear Stearns investment bank, announced that they will not be making student loans to entering or continuing students enrolled at schools that have a poor repayment rate. Yet their spokesperson refused ...
April 15, 2008
One fans perspective on the 2008 NCAA Women's Final Four
April 15, 2008
One fan's perspective on the 2008 NCAA Women's Final Four
March 31, 2008
Students loans don't do what they used to do for borrowers and their families.
March 27, 2008
Florida senator Bill Nelson might be the best choice for the Democratic vice presidential nomination with either Clinton or Obama.
March 26, 2008
Banks and schools can work better together to make goos student credit a corporate social responsibility.
March 26, 2008
McCain-Giuliani can be a winning Republican ticket this November
March 20, 2008
The best challenge to a college gossip Web site with hostile and malicious content may be a legal or economic one.
March 19, 2008
The federal government can help high schools hire more guidance counselors.
March 10, 2008
Review of Eleanor and Ike; Eleanor Roosevelt is the Democratic nominee in '52.
March 10, 2008
Intelligent design is a better fit for history or theology classes than a biology class.
March 10, 2008
One school's "no win scenareo" in college basketball
March 10, 2008
SEX EDUCATION AND SCHOOL POLITICS MEET IN HISTORICAL FICTION