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<FONT FACE="Verdana">On 9/21/06 3:45 PM, "Christine Whitney Sanchez" <milagro27@cox.net> wrote:<BR>
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</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT COLOR="#008080"><FONT FACE="Comic Sans MS">Dear School Mavens,<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Comic Sans MS">I'm sure it's no accident that in the past few weeks I have been touched by many powerful change agents who are working to help transform schools around the world. I thought it would be good to connect you with each other so I've copied you each individually as well as sending this message to the OSLIST. <BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Comic Sans MS">At the World Café Stewardship Dialogue I got to know Don Profitt, a recently retired, award-winning high school principal from Trenton, New Jersey, who is currently working with the Institute for Global Ethics out of Camden, ME and has a consulting practice focused on schools. You will love his passion, brains and heart. <BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Comic Sans MS">I had the pleasure of meeting Mario Barbiere at the OSonOS by the Sea in Camden where I learned about his dedication to transforming education as the Superintendent of Schools in Bethlehem Township, New Jersey. I was impressed by his openness to learning from the work of biophysicists and breastfeeding mothers as well as Open Space practitioners.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Comic Sans MS">Yesterday, Thomas Hermann, an Open Space Consultant from Kungsbacka, Sweden, posted a message to the OSList asking for us to help him hold the space as he embarked on the first day first day of "facilitating an OS-training for 20 people working within the schools in a large city here in Sweden."<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Comic Sans MS">Then this morning, Kerry Napuk, from Edinburgh, Scotland, sent a message to remind me/us of the "dedicated web site for education and OST at </FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Comic Sans MS"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>http://www.openspaceworld.org/network/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceinEducation</U></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana"> <http://www.openspaceworld.org/network/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceinEducation> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#008080"><FONT FACE="Comic Sans MS">." Thanks, dear Kerry!<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008080"><FONT FACE="Comic Sans MS">I know there are many more of you out there who are working with schools in innovative and connective ways. Blessings to all of you!<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#008080"><I>Christine<BR>
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</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#008080"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Comic Sans MS"><B>Christine Whitney Sanchez<BR>
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www.kairosalliance.com <http://www.kairosalliance.com/> <BR>
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Lots happening with education everywhere and new thoughts about how we learn are emerging too. Norm and I are currently working on a paper about this topic. We’d love to be in conversation with what’s happening around the globe. Thanks for for cluing us in. Skye and Norm Hirst<BR>
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