Features
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The history teacher
Gary Nash ’55 *64 works at a university, but his heart is in the schoolhouse
The education of Earl Kim *93
A schools chief learns about reform and politics the hard way
A grand unified theory of music
Chords don’t just have sound — they have shape
Tiger parenting
Lisa Belkin ’82 reflects on freshman move-in day, where parents must say farewell (or not)
Schoolhouses rock
In today’s education-reform movement, alumni lead the charge
An economic life
From the classroom to the White House dining room, professor Alan Blinder ’67 has unusual clout
Choosing danger
Why do some people willingly work in conflict zones, when they have so many other options?
The poet as politician
Rex Lee Jim ’86 believes Navajo pride and self-determination begin with language
Plato’s pop culture problem, and ours
Might Tony Soprano and Nurse Jackie be viewed in the same way as Odysseus and Oedipus?
Where town meets gown
What does the University owe to the community?
Brave new world
At the Center for Information Technology Policy, dismembered voting machines are just the beginning
'What are you?'
For multiracial students, declaring an identity can be complicated
The wisdom of crowds
Iain Couzin studies the rules that make schooling fish, swarming locusts, and marching ants do what they do
The great debate
How Princetonians have helped to shape the national discussion of race
Uncivil society
Jim Leach ’64 leads an effort to restore respectful discourse to our national life, but it’s tough going
Into Haiti’s heart
Richard Morse ’79 finds his roots