Our Team

The name QTurn was inspired by the phrase “Great Turning.” In their book, Active hope: How to face the mess we’re in without going crazy, Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone use the term “Great Turning” to describe the need for a comprehensive turn away from outdated ways of carbon-based living in order to save our planet. QTurn is based on a similar premise: that big changes are happening in American education – a turning toward lower stakes quality improvement systems (QIS) that open up staff motivation, incentivize local innovation, build expertise over multiple cycles, and generate evidence of effectiveness.