Teacher’s Corner
Upstream Thinking . . . How to get early warning of the problem?
“Much of the discussion in education reform centers on implementing new technology, curricula, and school models, and on attracting more investment and talent. Meetings where educators gather to talk about students? Systems and structures to ensure that students reliably receive the support they need? That’s not on anyone’s short list of cutting-edge, high-impact reform.” ~ …
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Upstream Thinking . . . Where to find a point of leverage?
“. . . Because every time we learn something, we fill in one more piece of the map as we hunt for the levers that can move the world.” ~ Dan Heath In Upstream, Heath proposes that in order to find leverage points, you need to immerse yourself in the problem. One way to tackle …
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Upstream Thinking . . . How to Change the System
“The idea of this work is that you are part of something bigger than yourself . . . You’re not helpless. You have an enormous amount of individual power and collective power . . . ” ~ Anthony Iton The quote above comes from Anthony Iton. Iton’s story is featured in the book Upstream. In 2010, …
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Upstream Thinking . . . Uniting the Right People
“So the first step, as in many upstream efforts, was to surround the problem — to recruit a multifaceted group of people and organizations united by a common aim”. ~Dan Heath A multifaceted group of people united by a common aim. That sounds like teacher collaboration. If we want to succeed in meeting the learning …
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Upstream & Blueprint Connections
“When you spend years responding to problems, you can sometimes overlook the fact that you could be preventing them.” ~ Dan Heath In Chapter 1 of Dan Heath’s book, Upstream – How to Solve Problems Before They Happen, he writes about being fascinated by how upstream efforts reflect humanity at its best and worst. Heath …
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