Spark Plugs
Online Resources
Technology Links
Spark #1:
SourceForge.net
SourceForge.net is the world’s largest Open Source software development web site, hosting more than 100,000 projects. The site boasts to have the largest collection of open source code and applications available on the internet. Technology Specialist Jack Forman found several Freeware applications within the SourceForge collection to make the radioUCDS project possible.
Spark #4:
Google Sketchup
UCDS Technology Specialist Ben Chickadel wrote about this exciting tool and its concrete connections to Math Vitamins. Even our youngest students eagerly draw three-dimensional creations in the program, building technological facility as they excitedly create. It’s available for free download online.
Science & Education Organization Links
Spark #1:
Project Zero at Harvard
Now in its 39th year, Project Zero’s mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels. Their principle investigators include Howard Gardner (his theory of multiple intelligences ushered in a new wave of thinking about thinking in the 1980s), David Perkins (teaching for understanding), Ron Ritchhart (intellectual character development) and, of course, Ellen Winner.
Spark #7:
Project 2061
Project 2061 is a long-term initiative of AAAS to help all Americans become literate in science, mathematics and technology. To achieve that goal, Project 2061 conducts research and develops tools and services—books, CD-ROMS, on-line resources, professional development and public outreach—that educators, researchers, families and community leaders can use to make critical and lasting improvements in the nation’s education system.
Spark #7:
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson, and professional association. In addition to organizing membership activities, AAAS publishes the journal Science, as well as many scientific newsletters, books and reports, and spearheads programs that raise the bar of understanding for science worldwide.
Spark #7:
Center for Inquiry Science at The Institute for Systems Biology
Institute for Systems Biology’s (ISB) Center for Inquiry Science exemplifies the Institute’s commitment to improving science education for every child in Washington state. ISB believes that all students should have access to inquiry-centered science education, to ensure that we not only encourage future scientists and engineers, but also develop a scientifically literate society. The mission of the Center for Inquiry Science is to enable schools and districts to have the capacity to produce scientifically literate and capable students by creating and supporting a statewide infrastructure, comprised of collaborative and regional partnerships among schools, districts and community partnerships that will train and support science educators.
Spark #7:
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Science Education Partnership
SEP is a professional development program for secondary school science teachers in Washington State sponsored by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Their year-long program includes a 13-day summer session in which teachers work closely with each other, with lead teachers and with SEP staff to gain skills and expertise in molecular biology. A component of this summer session includes a week working closely with a scientist mentor in a research laboratory. During the school year, teachers have access to SEP’s kit loan program so that students have the opportunity to work with cutting edge biomedical research tools and concepts in their school classroom.
Spark #2:
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
NCTM is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students. Founded in 1920, NCTM is the world’s largest mathematics education organization, with 100,000 members and 250 Affiliates throughout the United States and Canada.
Their website offers a wealth of resources directed toward building effective, innovative mathematical curricula.
Spark #2:
Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences (ILABS)
Interdisciplinary research on the science of learning
The UCDS faculty visited this innovative research facility at the University of Washington, leading to a continuing learning relationship.
From their mission statement: “The Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences is an interdisciplinary center dedicated to discovering the fundamental principles of human learning that will enable all children to achieve their full potential. Our goal is to become the world’s foremost research generator on early learning and development. We will translate and disseminate cutting-edge research discoveries to global constituents in order to help unify the science of learning and the practice of learning.”
Jennifer Amsterlaw, a Post-Doctoral Fellow at ILABS visited UCDS throughout the 2005–2006 and 2006–2007 school years. Dan Bernstein, Affiliate Assistant Professor, and his assistant Joy Durham worked with us in the 2006–2007 school year.
Thinkers
Spark #5:
TED: Ideas worth spreading
TED, a web archive of “inspired talks by the world’s greatest thinkers and doers,” is one of our favorite web resources! TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) began in 1984 as a conference, bringing together people from each of these three domains. Since then, its scope has become ever broader: the annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). More than 200 talks from the TED archive are available here, released under a Creative Commons license so they can be freely shared and reposted. Sir Ken Robinson is one of many featured speakers! You’ll like what you see!
Spark #1:
Thomas Friedman, The World is Flat
“Foreign Affairs” columnist at The New York Times, Friedman writes in The World is Flat about the effects of technology and communication on world culture and economy. As UCDS head Paula Smith also observes in this issue, Friedman draws the connection between how we collaborate on a global level and the enormous changes that are occurring in India and China as an effect.
Spark #2:
John Ratey
Dr. John J. Ratey, M.D., is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and has a private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr Ratey is specifically interested in the impact of ADD on life issues such as relationships, employment and personal fulfillment. His other major research interest is the treatment of aggressive behaviors across a range of diagnoses. Dr. Ratey has most recently authored the best selling book, A User’s Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention and the Four Theaters of the Brain. He has also co-authored Driven to Distraction : Recognizing and Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood (1994), Answers to Distraction (1995) with Edward Hallowell, M.D., and Shadow Syndromes (1997) with Catherine Johnson, PhD. Additionally, he has edited several books including The Neuropsychiatry of Personality Disorders (1994). Dr. Ratey has lectured and published many articles on the topic of treating ADD adults using psycho-education and pharmacotherapy. Dr. Ratey frequently lecture on a variety of topics, from “Harnessing the Psychiatric Benefits of Exercise” to “Girls and ADD.” His latest book SPARK: The Revolutionary Science of Exercise and the Brain (2007) will be released mid-2007. Dr. Ratey visited UCDS in November, 2006. A conversation between he and several UCDS faculty is printed in this issue.
Spark #2:
Ron Richhart
Ron Ritchhart is a research associate at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on understanding, supporting, and helping to develop the kinds of thoughtful learning environments that support powerful learning for both students and teachers. This guiding interest has led him into research on intellectual character, mindfulness, thinking dispositions, cultures of thinking, teaching for understanding, creativity in teaching, and the development of communities of practice.
Ron visited UCDS three times in the 2006-2007 school year to work with our faculty. He is the author of Intellectual Character: What it is, Why it matters and How to get it.
Spark #9:
Daniel Coyle
In addition to The Talent Code, Daniel Coyle keeps an entertaining blog with several real-world connections to The Talent Code, in addition to excerpts from the book.
Reference
Spark #3:
The National Math Panel Final Report
President Bush created the National Mathematical Advisory Panel in 2006 to assess and assure future success in mathematics in the United States. Their findings, including recommendations for institutional practices, materials, professional development and assessment are available for viewing at their website.
UCDS Materials
Spark #7:
Online Sample Science Curriculum
In addition to creating a science curriculum individualized to each student, UCDS Science Specialist Katie Morrison synthesizes national and state science standards into each week’s running experiments. For this issue of Spark, she has compiled a sample science week, a compendium of complimentary experiments in the realm of physical science. Visit Spark online to see this and many other sample curricula created in house including: science, math, literature, student government, and more!
Arts Links
Spark #1:
StoryCorps
The radioUCDS project was partly inspired by StoryCorps, a grassroots non-profit aimed at capturing and archiving audio interviews across the country. The group sends mobile recording booths around the country and invites family members, friends, colleagues and collaborators to enter and record their own story. The results are intimate snapshots of life from unique perspectives. Many archived interviews are available on the site, inspirational and instructive!
The Drachen Foundation
Art Specialist Jessica Garrick’s international kite experience was facilitated by this Seattle non-profit. From their website: “The Foundation develops workshops, curriculum, and touring exhibits about the art, science, history, and cultures of kiting; supports selected projects and special events; publishes books and an online journal and newsletter; operates a website, funds kite research globally, archives kiting materials and kites, operates the Drachen Study Center in Seattle and sells original kite kits, publications, and materials through its online store.”
Spark #2:
Lelavision
sound + vision = light
Lelavision co-founders, Ela Lamblin and Leah Mann, began their collaborative efforts in 1992 in Atlanta, GA using sculpture, music, and movement to develop themes based on myth, nature, and spirit. In 1996, they founded Lelavision Physical Music in the Seattle, Washington area. They host educational workshops throughout the greater Seattle area and perform in a variety of venues.
Book Reviews
Creativity & Thinking Tools
Spark #2
Sparks of Genius: The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World’s Most Creative People
Michelle and Robert Root-Bernstein
Mariner Books, 2001
Professors Robert and Michelle Root-Bernstein of Michigan State University, co-authors of Sparks of Genius, visited UCDS in the 2005-2006 school year to present from their in-depth examination of The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World’s Most Creative People.
Intellectual Character: What it is, Why it matters and How to Get It
Ron Ritchhart
Jossey-Bass, 2004
Ron Ritchhart is a research associate at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on understanding, supporting, and helping to develop the kinds of thoughtful learning environments that support powerful learning for both students and teachers. This guiding interest has led him into research on intellectual character, mindfulness, thinking dispositions, cultures of thinking, teaching for understanding, creativity in teaching, and the development of communities of practice. Ron visited UCDS three times in the 2006-2007 school year to work with our faculty.
Spark #5
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
By Daniel Pink
Riverhead Trade, 2006
Daniel Pink, a former chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore among other posts, writes about a cultural revolution in which left-brained thinking is replaced by the other, more creative hemisphere. The era of “left brain” dominance, and the Information Age that it engendered, are giving way to a new world in which “right brain” qualities–inventiveness, empathy, meaning–predominate. As our students investigate our yearly themes from many inventive perspectives, we find many connections to Mr. Pink’s investigations here at school.
Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative
By Sir Ken Robinson
Capstone, 2011
Ken Robinson is the go-to guy for infusing creativity into a working model. He has consulted not only with many high-stature non-profits and Fortune 500 companies about the subject, but even with many Asian and European national governments. At the core of his message are the importance of creatively following passions and the educational systems necessary to support, not micro-manage, their growth. In addition to his writing, we highly recommend you watch him speak; see our next plug for an easy way to do it!
Innovative Education: Math
Spark #4
Beyond Conceptual Change
Using Representations to Integrate Domain-Specific Structural Models in Learning Mathematics
By Florence Mihaela Singer
imbes (international mind, brain and education society),Volume 1, Number 2; June, 2007
Online Resource
Florence Mihaela Singer contributes a remarkable article to this recently created journal, entitled Beyond Conceptual Change: Using Representations to Integrate Domain-Specific Structural Models in Learning Mathematics. Her findings underscore the importance of elements we have found to be central to the successes in our dynamic, multi-domain Math Vitamin approach. Specifically, she finds that the more ownership that students have of an idea, and the more empowered they are to apply that idea in diverse settings, the greater their overall understanding and internal ability to create connections. We at UCDS were excited to see that our Math Vitamin approach was consistent with Singer’s findings!
Research That Matters:
Does Modern Math Education Add Up?
By The University of Washington’s College of Education
Online Resource
The University of Washington’s College of Education uses this, the fifth issue of their “Research That Matters” series to confront what has colloquially been known as the “Math Wars.” In our current “No Child Left Behind” era of hyper-focus on meeting standards and reaching the bar of such state assessments as the WASL, it’s difficult to know how exactly to help students learn mathematics and actually “get it.” This revealing study of the current state of mathematics suggests that we take a new view of math, both by re-examining the traditional mathematical environment and asking ourselves, “what are we preparing students for?” Find out more online.
Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics
Teachers’ Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States
By Liping Ma
Routledge, 2010
Liping Ma, a Senior Scholar with The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching presents a cross-cultural examination of what’s working (and what isn’t) in elementary mathematics, particularly as she compares the competency of Chinese and American math students. Ma reasons that the value of the number of years of schooling in mathematics pales in comparison to the importance of a deep understanding of the math processes themselves. Meanwhile, she presents an elegantly readable research-based account of where China and the United States stand mathematically speaking.
Weaving Your Way
From Arithmetic to Mathematics with Manipulatives
By May Laycock, Peggy McLean
Activity Resources Co., 1993
Used by UCDS Faculty at all levels, this helpful assessment tool and curricular planning aide demystifies manipulative use and helps make dynamic curricula like Math Vitamin possible. Laycock and McLean present an intuitive, concrete approach to math manipulatives appropriate for each mathematical strand, all the while encouraging students to ask not just the whats of particular math processes, but the whys.
Innovative Education: The Arts
Spark #5
Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education
By Ellen Winner, Lois Hetland, Shirley Veenema, Kimberly Sheridan
Teachers College Press, 2007
Ellen Winner, Professor of Psychology at Boston College and Senior Research Associate at Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero, visited UCDS as part of our Creativity and Intellect Series this winter. In this, her newest book, she and co-authors investigate education in the arts, specifically the importance of developing language to encourage reflective discourse about the process of learning. What’s left is a useful, research-based field manual for improving teaching and learning. We’ve found the concepts applicable to many of our curricula.
Innovative Education: Science
Spark #6
Introducing Students to Scientific Inquiry
(How Do We Know What We Know?)
by Susan Etheredge, Al Rudnitsky
Allyn & Bacon, 2002
In addition to her close collaborations with Lella Gandini, Susan Etheredge taught several current UCDS faculty members when they studied at Smith College’s School of Education. Her book Introducing Students to Scientific Inquiry presents year-by-year suggestions for building an Elementary-based science curriculum.
Innovative Education: Early Childhood
Spark #6
In the Spirit of the Studio
Learning from the Atelier of Reggio Emilia
by Lella Gandini
Teachers College Press, 2005
Beautiful Stuff, Learning with Found Materials
by Cathy Weisman Topal, Lella Gandini
Sterling, 1999
Lella Gandini, the self-proclaimed “ambassador without pocketbook” of the Reggio Emilia method found in Pistoia, is widely published. We’ve selected two of her recent books that emphasize the tremendous attention to detailed aesthetics that members of our faculty found in their trip abroad. In the Spirit of the Studio concerns the connection between studio-based exploration and learning. Beautiful Stuff emphasizes balance between child-driven exploration and teacher-driven choices in such an environment. Both have been popular selections in our Teacher Education Center.
Insights and Inspirations from Reggio Emilia
by Lella Gandini, Susan Etheredge, Lynn Hill
Davis, 2009
In addition to her close collaborations with Lella Gandini, Susan Etheredge taught several current UCDS faculty members when they studied at Smith College’s School of Education. The forthcoming Insights and Inspirations from Reggio Emilia, co-edited with Lella Gandini and Lynn Hill, captures and celebrates 30 years of the Reggio Emilia innovative presence and inspiration in North American early childhood educational thought and practice.
Building Community
Spark #3
Building Community in Schools
By Thomas J. Sergiovanni
Jossey-Bass, 1999
The Lillian Radford Professor of Education and Administration and Senior Fellow, Center for Educational Leadership at Trinity University, San Antonio, Dr. Segiovanni writes about the importance of communities as a foundation for school revitalization. From students to administrators, Segiovanni advocates that schools not just appreciate these communities, but create them. Faculty member Diane Chickadel references this book in her piece about the teacher-led committee structure.
Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great
By Jim Collins
Random House, 2006
Rejecting the belief, common among politicians, that all would be well in society if only the public sector operated more like the private sector, this book sets out a fresh approach to creating successful hospitals, police forces, universities, charities, and other non-profit-making organizations. In five parts, Collins translates his widely referenced “Good to Great” strategies for corporate success into a language that non-profit entities such as schools may readily apply.
Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
By Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biedermann
Basic Books, 2007
Warren Bennis, University of Southern California professor of business, and Patricia Ward Biedermann, a Los Angeles Times reporter, investigate six diversely “Great Groups” whose successes were a function of great leadership and a strong, shared mission. Bennis and Biedermann find connections between disparate groups (from the Disney corporation to the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign) to illustrate the importance of collaborative ownership and shared vision.
Spark #9
Delivering Happiness
by Tony Hsieh
Business Plus, 2010
Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh discusses the importance of preserving core culture in delivering his online shoe store’s success.
Current Issues in Education
Spark #3
Change Leadership: A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools
By Tony Wagner, Robert Kegan
Jossey-Bass, 2005
Based on the school reform efforts of The Change Leadership Group at the Harvard School of Education, this presents a carefully considered model for school transformation that seizes on empowered educators as the primary agents of change.
The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards”
By Alfie Kohn
Houghton Mifflin Books, 2000
Former teacher Alfie Kohn challenges the “back to basics” movement of test-score fueled assessment of school and learning success. He takes a historical view to challenge the very basis of the factory model of schooling, emphasizing instead the importance of a challenging curriculum that encourages students to take an active role in pursuing their learning and thinking.
Making the Grade: Reinventing America’s Schools
By Tony Wagner
Routledge, 2001
Tony Wagner, codirector of the Change Leadership Group at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, poses several concrete questions that emphasize the relative obsolescence of the prevailing model of public education in the United States. He promotes a vision of education that prepares students to successfully demonstrate their knowledge, not merely pass tests. To get there, Wagner argues, schools must be teacher-driven, organized, small and responsive to students’ individual strengths and challenges. Head of School Paula Smith references page 129 in her opening piece.
Spark #9
The Global Achievement Gap
By Tony Wagner
The Harvard education professor explores necessary steps to reinvent the education profession. Mr. Wagner visited UCDS in the 2009-2010 school year.
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
by Diane Ravitch
Formerly ardent charter school and market-forces advocate Diane Ravitch discusses why her stance was so wrong.
Psychology & Brain Science
Spark #5
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2008
Csikszentmihalyi (“chick-say-me-hi”) visited UCDS along with Ellen Winner as part of our Creativity and Intellect series this winter. He is a Professor of Psychology at Claremont Graduate University and the former Psychology Department head at the University of Chicago. In what is now considered his seminal work, Mihaly writes about the psychological nexus of an individual’s high level of skill in a particular area being matched by an equally challenging task. Some athletes or musicians refer to this state as “the zone,” a place where time and expectations fall away and the activity itself becomes all-encompassing, its own greatest reward. He talked with several of our faculty about coaching the same sort of passions in the students we teach here at UCDS, and the important roles that passions and challenges play in an educational context.
Spark #6
The Scientist in the Crib
What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind
By Alison Gopnik, Ph. D., Andrew N. Meltzoff, Ph. D., Patricia K. Kuhl, Ph. D.
Harper Paperbacks, 2000
The Scientist in the Crib’s three authors were guests of the UCDS Teacher Education Center during the 2007-2008 school year. They presented to faculty, staff, parents and the larger community about their groundbreaking research in the area of early cognition. The guiding metaphor is the similarity between scientists’ carefully postulated, tested and refined theories and infant and toddlers’ careful study of their surrounding world. One is left with an accessible and stunningly inspirational handbook for early brain development.
Spark #7
Mindset, The New Psychology of Success
by Carol S. Dweck, Ph. D.
Ballantine, 2007
Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck discusses the difference between fixed and growth mindsets. With a growth mindset, she argues, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment. This principle is teachable to all ages of thinkers, from Early Elementary students to their grandparents. UCDS Head of School Paula Smith references Mindset in her opening letter.
The Brain that Changes Itself
By Norman Doidge, M.D.
Penguin, 2007
Those of us who teach know instinctively that the capability of the human brain to learn is often underestimated. Renowned researcher and psychiatrist Norman Doidge, M.D. strings together stories of recent discoveries about the human brain, and the stories are hard to put down. From intrigue behind the scenes in neurobiology labs to fascinating case studies of patients transforming their lives by restructuring their brains, we are led to understand anew the untapped potential of our brains. The latest science of neuroplasticity, now accessible, has implications for all, especially those invested in the field of teaching.
Spark #8
The Talent Code
Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How.
By Daniel Coyle
Bantam, 2009
Alaska’s Daniel Coyle is a contributing editor for Outside magazine and the author of three books, including the New York Times bestseller Lance Armstrong’s War. In The Talent Code, Coyle argues that talent rises from the kind of repeated, targeted, focused practice that one does. From Manny Ramirez’s obsessive practice in the batting cage to the coaches and mentors who encourage students, Coyle argues that success is far less reliant on genetic pre-disposition than it is a result of practicing –hard. As a parent, Coyle says of mentoring the art of practicing in his own children, “I don’t worry that my kids have some hidden untapped genius for something or other-instead, I keep an eye out for signs that they’re ignited.” Read excerpts from the book at http://thetalentcode.com
DRiVE The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
By Daniel H. Pink
Riverhead Trade, 2011
Daniel Pink writes this detailed study of the difference between intrinsic versus external motivation. He suggests that the secret to high performance and satisfaction—at work, at school and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. The connections to learning are clear, and instructive in mentoring students to set goals and readily enter into challenging, engaging learning situations. In addition to writing this compelling study of motivation, Pink is also an engaging, humorous public speaker. See his July 2009 talk about motivation on http://ted.com to see the remarkable voice behind his written words.
Spark #9
Switch (How to Change Things When Change is Hard)
by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Crown Business, 2010
Brothers Chip and Dan Heath explore the notion that change is hard in organizations because rational and emotional thinking doesn’t always match.
Emotional Development
Spark #8
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, The Heart of Parenting
By John Gottman
Simon & Schuster, 1998
John Gottman, a Seattle area Doctor of Clinical Psychology and groundbreaking researcher of marriage and parenting, presents this handbook for mentoring emotional development in children. Gottman explains how to coach children to regulate their emotional world to increase self-confidence, improve school performance and contribute to greater physical health and healthier social relationships. He bases his work on studies of several dozen families and their parenting techniques and then translates his methods into an easy, five-step “emotion coaching” process to help parents guide emotionally intelligent children on their journey toward emotionally intelligent adulthood.
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
By Wendy Mogel, Ph. D.
Scribner, 2008
Wendy Mogel is an internationally acclaimed clinical psychologist, author and public speaker. In The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, she distills the teachings of the Torah, the Talmud and other Jewish lessons, as well as contemporary psychological insights, into nine “blessings” that address key parenting issues. She writes, When I began studying Judaism, one of the first things that struck me was how directly it spoke to the issue of parental pressure. According to Jewish thought, parents should not expect their children to be anyone other than who they are. A Hasidic teaching says, “If your child has a talent to be a baker, don’t tell him to be a doctor.” What results is a helpful guidebook on the road to effective parental mentoring.
Inspiring Stories
Spark #3
Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Penguin Books, 2007
When Greg Mortenson stumbled off of K2’s Baltoro glacier and into the tiny village of Korphe, this unplanned detour not only changed his life, but the lives of over 24,000 children. Struck by the tenacity of Korphe’s children to learn, Mortenson promised to return and build a school. In the last fourteen years, that promise has turned into his founding of the Central Asia Institute and working closely with other local villages to build 58 schools in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. In Three Cups of Tea, Mortenson and co-author David Oliver Relin retell this inspiring story of cultures, collaboration, and commitment.
