In his debut novel, The Sex Ed Chronicles, Nachbar tells the story of a young journalist who fights to save a teacher's career in the emotionally charged arenas of sex education and student free press rights in a New Jersey public schools in 1980. The author has been involved with education politics for more than four decades as a student, urban planner, government affairs manager, software executive and now as a writer. He produces Educated Quest, a blog that offers and invites commentary on education politics, policy and technology.