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The Assisting Entrepreneurial Schools web site has been prepared by Openworld, Inc. as resource for communities to explore new market-sensitive learning initiatives. It intends to offer a forum for peer-to- peer exchanges by learning entrepreneurs and thought leaders.

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Openworld is offering 500 microvouchers in coming months to fund digital "work-study" projects by students at entrepreneurial schools for the poor to create video clips on opportunities for sustainability. The initiative is funded by recent grants from John C. Whitehead, former coChairman of Goldman Sachs, Jack Pearce, and the Explorers Foundation. Explore the new Seeds of Change challenge offer and apply for the Seeds of Change resources.

How to Contribute to AES

Openworld welcomes your help in assisting grassroots schools in impoverished communities.

Supporters interested in making tax-deductible contributions to the Assisting Entrepreneurial Schools and "Seeds of Change" initiatives can do so through the Explorers Foundation
(tel: +1 303-744-1855).

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"Adopt-A-School: A new kind of partnering opportunity"

A Conversation with John C. Whitehead (former Cochairman, Goldman Sachs)

In this conversation, former Goldman Sachs Cochairman John Whitehead explores a range of opportunities for private corporations to work successfully with local schools. The conversation draws upon his experiences in encouraging public-private partnerships in New York, and introduces far-reaching new "Adopt-a-School" ideas that can benefit schools and businesses alike, given their mutual stake in the success of students and jobseekers. Participants in the conversation include Josiah Lee Auspitz, a scholar specializing in the philosophy of institutions, and Mark Frazier, president of Openworld.