Adelaide Parker

Adelaide Parker is a 2025 Puffin student writing fellow focusing on education for The Nation. She is a writer and student at Harvard College from Salt Lake City, Utah, majoring in social studies and philosophy. She works as a co-op for The Boston Globe.

People wade in the waters of the Great Salt Lake at Antelope Island in August 2021.

The Great Salt Lake Is a Ticking Time Bomb The Great Salt Lake Is a Ticking Time Bomb

Retreating water levels are exposing stretches of cracked, arsenic-laden lakebed in Utah. Future dust storms will carry an extra hazard.

Jul 29, 2025 / StudentNation / Adelaide Parker

President Donald Trump signs an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2025.

The Gutting of the Department of Education Is Worse Than You Think The Gutting of the Department of Education Is Worse Than You Think

Four experts on public education in the US spoke to "The Nation" about how the dismantling of the Department of Education will hurt students immediately and in the years to come.

May 28, 2025 / StudentNation / Elsie Carson-Holt and Adelaide Parker

High school students in a classroom.

My High School Wanted to Expand Opportunities for Low-Income Students. Did It Limit Them Instead? My High School Wanted to Expand Opportunities for Low-Income Students. Did It Limit Them Instead?

A well-meaning effort to increase educational equity in Utah might not be helping those most in need. But there are ways to make these programs more accessible.

Feb 3, 2025 / StudentNation / Adelaide Parker

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