Matthew Levey

Apr 24, 2024 | educationnext.org | Nathan Glazer |Tim DeRoche |Richard D. Kahlenberg |Matthew Levey

A Most Tolerant Little Town: The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregationby Rachel Louise MartinSimon & Schuster, 2023, $30; 362 pages. As reviewed by Matthew LeveyWe know of the nine Black students who bravely enrolled at Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, despite the Arkansas governor’s attempts to bar them.

Mar 15, 2024 | the74million.org | Matthew Levey

In the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Harvard has become the poster child for elite colleges confronting charges of rampant antisemitism. University President Claudine Gay stepped down after weeks of punishing headlines. A committee was created to recommend changes. But its members, frustrated with delays and inaction.

Mar 15, 2024 | yahoo.com | Matthew Levey

In the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Harvard has become the poster child for elite colleges confronting charges of rampant antisemitism. University President Claudine Gay stepped down after weeks of punishing headlines. A committee was created to recommend changes. But its members, frustrated with delays and inaction.

Nov 2, 2023 | educationnext.org | Michael Petrilli |Jay Greene |Paul Peterson |Matthew Levey

Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism, and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don’t Seeby Richard KahlenbergPublic Affairs, 2023, $30; 352 pages. As reviewed by Matthew LeveyRichard Kahlenberg, a bespectacled, balding, Harvard-educated lawyer who grew up in a well-off suburb of Saint Paul, Minnesota, is a curious character to be called controversial.

May 9, 2023 | newsbreak.com | Matthew Levey

There might be a cross-country serial killing ring on the loose. What you should know about the cases.