Incredible disappearing blogger

As I reappear, I want to start by apologizing for the long pause since my last post.  I've been off on wonderful adventures, mainly focused on helping other states learn from the great work Kentucky teachers and the Prichard Committee have been doing with the literacy and math initiatives I've discussed often over the last year, including here and here.  My ports-of-call in the last month have included Palo Alto, Seattle, Denver, and New Orleans--and I'm heading to Atlanta Monday. It's all great work, but it's interfering badly with PrichBlog posting!  Tonight, I'm back.