Tim Walker

Tim Walker is a writer based in Washington, D.C.


Pages authored by Tim Walker

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It Happened Here Melissa Taylor first saw the postcard when she was in high school. She and her siblings stumbled across it in a chest of old pictures belonging to...
"Something Is Wrong Here" On a rainy Thursday morning on August 10, 2001, members of the press assembled in front of East High school in Denver, Colorado.A grand structure...
School's Out Walking into his new school for the first time, Lavar couldn't help but harbor feelings of uncertainty and dread. No student, after all, looks...
Fresh Takes "We're not here tonight to listen to the adults," Orlando tells the audience. "We really want to hear what young people have to say." He holds up a...
Class Assignment The Wake County school board was alarmed by the unmistakable shift in judicial opinion. Until the 1990s, desegregation initiatives such as busing...
Catch Them Before They Fall Ruth Zweifler, executive director of Michigan's Student Advocacy Center (SAC), doesn't mince words. "Zero tolerance," she says, "has become a full-...
Street Smart Every Thursday afternoon, the sidewalk along one block of Montauk Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y., is lined with books on portable shelves, games, art...