"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood, and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans, aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram, once recorded, will never die..."
-Daniel Burnham, American architect, 1910
More than 100 years ago, architect Daniel Burnham expressed an important insight. "Make no little plans," he said. Many people have said that, one way or another. But Burnham's insight was that big plans matter because they "have magic to stir men's blood." Small plans do not, and for this reason may never even be implemented. Burnham believed that even if big plans fail, they have influence into the future, as little plans do not.
In education, we sometimes have big plans.
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