Archive for August, 2008

Why Are We Here?

August 28, 2008

Good question, and one with both professional and personal answers.
Officially, Jen and I will be in Ecuador from August 2008 through June 2009 thanks to a Fulbright grant I received to research public education. We will work jointly to study “Fe y Alegría” (Faith and Joy) – a public school system run by the [...]

Welcome to the Blog

August 26, 2008

Welcome to “Where the Pavement Ends,” a chronicle of Matt and Jen’s adventures in Ecuador.
We will be here through June 2009 researching public education systems, and also climbing mountains, living in a rainforest, honing our Spanish, sampling unique foods, and collecting interesting stories to relate in this blog.   Hopefully, it will end up as [...]