Dear All

Issue 12 of Freirean Rhizome is now available at www.rizoma-freireano.org

This fully refereed, electronic journal provides established and emerging scholars and practitioners, social movements and professionals a space for critical and empirical analysis concerned with issues such as central educational policies, curriculum reform, cultural and political actions, alternatives activities and pedagogy.

Readers may be interested in the introduction to a new book, entitled the Cornerstones of Municipal Self-Government, edited amongst others by PASCAL Associate, Professor Jari Stenvall from the University of Lapland in Finland. The introduction, 'Why is municipal self-government important at the present moment?' is featured below.

Attached is a fascinating executive summary of a report completed by the University of Illinois (U of I) for the Lumina Foundation.  The full technical report will be released in the near future.

Details on the overall project, completed by the U of I's Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) is located here: http://occrl.illinois.edu/projects/nsf_applied_baccalaureate

Cornelia and Jan Flora have developed an interesting framework for examining seven forms of inter-related capital.  A synopsis is attached as a PDF.  For a longer exposition, consider their "Rural Communities: Leacy and Change" (3rd edition, 2007).  A 4th edition will be published in July.

Written in terms of the rural realm, this framework has broader application, particulary in regard to the development of Learning Cities.  

The term “smart growth” can sound like code for “the rest of you are dumb.”  Full article at:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2012/03/how-talk-about-cities-...