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According to a NYTimes piece, the Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind law requires that “every American child reach proficiency in reading and math.” I don’t know much about the law so I don’t know how proficiency gets defined or … Continue reading →

Moving to England on our budget will mean leaving many of our things behind in storage.  So as I move around the house I’m compiling lists of things to donate, store, ship, or give to either sets of our parents.  … Continue reading →

Apparently we’re unwittingly fashionable:  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/fashion/11BABY.html?hp Who knew? No, I do not collect baby carriers like other women collect handbags.  I do have to wonder that nobody mentions how quickly babies get heavy.  I mean, at 23 pounds or so Katherine … Continue reading →

Although my plan is to do research at Oxford (like Sydney, but without the pay, the colleagues, and the free meals!), I find myself continually tempted by non-academic job openings.  How cool to be one of two librarians in one … Continue reading →

This is the first time I put “3”! Erin

I see a lot of open positions at Oxford with application deadlines in mid-March, so I’m doing a bit of scrambling over here to get my foot in the door for possible jobs next fall.  Which leads me to understand … Continue reading →

We learned today that Sydney was selected for the research fellowship at Oxford.  We have a lot (a LOT) of details to sort out, but for now we’re simply happy that he landed such a great position and that we’ll … Continue reading →

Katherine’s been up to interesting sleep antics again.  We know what this looks like, having done it for seven weeks in the fall: no more than a couple of hours at a time at night, very reluctant to sleep alone, … Continue reading →

I arrived in Oxford yesterday morning, was shown to my room in Merton College, spent the remainder of yesterday and last night alternating between dozing and sleeping, and now feel much refreshed. I’m in a room above the T. S. … Continue reading →