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Why I am a history-education half-breed

The last of my Michael-Katz-student bloggish discussions, on my being a history-education half-breed and other matters of scholarly parochialism, is over at Education Policy Blog.

50 and counting

It’s been a longish week. Starting Sunday, I’ve worked 50 hours, not including union-related time (and given that there was a campus crisis, that absorbed a few hours, too). At least 12 hours of that has been catchup on the backroom operations of Education Policy Analysis Archives (and I’m still not caught up, by any means). Note […]

Hot cocoa

We’re expecting an Arctic mass coming through the Gulf and to Florida overnight, so it might be freezing overnight, but right now it’s a Florida-freezing but everywhere-else-toasty 50 F. In sympathy with everyone who’s reading this from snow country, and because I have a head cold while trying to ignore my e-mail and finish a […]

In B’ham

Back from dinner with a bunch of folks at the conference (which starts in earnest tomorrow). Met someone I’d corresponded with for some months. Will blog more about that shortly. Need to see if I can get one bit of short writing thought out tonight before bed, make sure I know what I’m talking about […]

Travel and Blogging

Some folks can blog (or expand their blogging) while traveling. Me? I’ve just finished my second of three consecutive traveling weekends: one for an academic conference, one for the faculty union, and one for family. There are things happening during the travel that I’ll blog in the near future (as well as the usual attractions […]