Stuart Nachbar
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, <a href="http://www.educatedquest.com" title="http://www.educatedquest.com" target="_blank">http://www.educatedquest.com</a>
Articles by this Author
A New Jersey Student Government Election Made For The Screen
- By Stuart Nachbar
- Published 05/10/2008
- Education
- Unrated
This day, April 29, 2008, I spot a front page headline in my local New Jersey paper, The Trenton Times that reads: Students kept off ballot: District to explore race factor while rescheduling vote Our local races for school board took place last week, so I thought this was an aftermath
- By Stuart Nachbar
- Published 05/2/2008
- Education
- Unrated
On 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 historically low repayment rates
I had pointed out that Chase's spokesperson refused to list the affected schools, but that borrowers deserved to know
Chased Away From Student Loans
- By Stuart Nachbar
- Published 04/26/2008
- Education
- Unrated
On April 16, 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 to mention the schools that would be affected by the announcement
An Astronaut For Second Chair On The Democratic Ticket
- By Stuart Nachbar
- Published 04/18/2008
- Politics
- Unrated
A McCain-Giuliani Ticket? It's Not So Far Fetched
- By Stuart Nachbar
- Published 04/11/2008
- Politics
- Unrated
I am not on the inside of any presidential campaign, but I consider myself to be a good student of politics And as a writer, I have the luxury of going against the grain on campaigns and issues
On Moral And Charismatic Politicians
- By Stuart Nachbar
- Published 04/3/2008
- Politics
- Unrated
The media has passed enough judgment on former New York governor Elliott Spitzer and I agree with the pundits on all sides; there's no possible defense for his extracurricular behavior and he is not above the law
But these past events show that we must consider the behavior that we expect from our elected officials in their public, and sometimes private, lives
Can A College Gossip Site Be Forced To Turn Off The Juice?
- By Stuart Nachbar
- Published 03/29/2008
- Internet
- Unrated
When I became a writer, I started and then I stopped working a story on bullying I felt that readers would not be sympathetic with a male main character who was the butt of abuse, practical jokes and malicious innuendos
The Cristo Rey Model Is More Than A Dream
- By Stuart Nachbar
- Published 03/22/2008
- Education
- Unrated
Shortly after I heard about President Bush's proposal for Pell Grants for low-income children to attend parochial schools, I finished reading More than a Dream: The Christo Rey Story, a inspirational book about the founding of the first Christo Rey Jesuit high school in Chicago's Pilsen/Little Village neighborhood
Want To Teach Intelligent Design? Put It In A History Class
- By Stuart Nachbar
- Published 03/14/2008
- Education
- Unrated
In 1980, the Reagan Revolution meant not only a reconsideration of sex education, but also a reconsideration of the theory of evolution Back then, the alternative theory was called creationism or scientific creationism; today it's called intelligent design
Summit On Faith Based Schools More Powerful Than Money
- By Stuart Nachbar
- Published 03/13/2008
- Education
- Unrated
During his final State of the Union Address, President Bush announced two proposals for faith-based schools; one, a grants program for low-income students similar to Pell Grants for college students, and the other a national Presidential summit on faith-based education
The summit is more important than the grants program