Brainstorm

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break. Mine was excellent, including a trip to New York to see The Seagull, right up until the part that involved being on the southbound New Jersey Turnpike at 11PM in the middle of a rainstorm, stop-and-go-traffic, etc. Then, not so much. 

Announcement: Starting today I'm going to be a regular contributor to Brainstorm, the group blog at the Chronicle for Higher Education. It will include a fair amounting of cross-posting from Q&E along with new material. You'll also be seeing my byline in the print edition, starting with with this column about the biennial "Measuring Up" state report cards and how they were right all along.