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LG South African Education
A group in South Africa has come up with a "citizen's" answer to the country's failing public education system - partner business leaders with principals. The group is aiming to have these partnerships in all of the country's 20,000 failing public schools by 2017.

Unique principal/business leader partnerships turn failing schools around
Three years ago, Kannemeyer Primary School in Grassy Park Cape Town South Africa was caught up in a negative, self-defeating spiral. Resentment towards the school was festering as teachers openly condemned each other and gossiped to parents.
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BC Co-operative Association starts generative news program
When the Alberta Community and Co-operative Association (ACCA) launched its news program in April 2012, the organization had the dream of eventually seeing a cross-Canada online news network where other co-operatives and co-operative associations could share their news.
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Systems thinking creates new
thirst for learning
 
A recent Washington Post article by Finnish education thought leader Pasi Sahlberg questions whether the emphasis American school reformers put on teacher effectiveness is really the best approach to improving student achievement.
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Paul Herman highlights trends in impact investing
HIP Investor's CEO R. Paul Herman has an inspiring message: you don't have to choose; you can do good and make money.
Labs to feature government relations, sustainability, and co-op capital and financing Blueprint for Co-operative Decade
"Learning labs," a new addition to the traditional co-op tours at the Canadian Co-operative Association's (CCA's) and Conseil canadien de la coopération et de la mutualité's (CCCM) annual congress and general meeting coming up in June in Edmonton, is a major change to this year's agenda, and one the organization's manager of member engagement says was born out of feedback from past events.
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Great workshop about generative journalism and the use of provocative questions in stadsdeel Amsterdam Oost, May 17th! #axiomnews @PJPula

Great list of #impact investors by @SVNetwork - someday hope to work w/ some of these trail-blazers! http://bit.ly/YVFDnZ

We are in community each time we find a place where we belong. ~Peter F. Block @AbundantComm #memphis @CTCmidsouth @coolpeoplecare
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Summit to Advance Slow Living

A third annual summit on a phenomenon called Slow Living takes place in June in Vermont. Slow Living has been described as "a more reflective approach to answering how we live, work and play as human beings on a fragile Earth."



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