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  Thursday, June 26, 2008
Cincinnati Enquirer
West High students are GRADs twice
Project GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams) had its 2008 awards banquet May 16 at Cincinnati State Community and Technical College to honor 41 Western Hills University High School students who successfully completed Project GRAD.
 Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Wilmington News Journal
SSCC students named to 2008 All-Ohio Academic team
Southern State Community College students Jacky Wilson, Linda Mefford and Julie Maxwell recently earned All-Ohio Academic Team honors and were honored at an awards ceremony April 30 at the Ohio Statehouse Atrium in Columbus.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
The Chronicle-Telegram
LCCC GRADUATION: Sen. Brown praises LCCC grads who blazed own path
On Saturday, he said he was honored to award associate of arts degrees to the 30 Elyria high school students forming LCCC’s first Early College class. All of the Early College High School students were the first in their families to attend college. They attended LCCC tuition-free through grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Knowledge Works Foundation
 Friday, March 21, 2008
Cincinnati Enquirer
Strive report: $200M needed
Neew report released by Strive.
 Friday, February 08, 2008
The Enquirer
Teens take to idea of senior year in college
Enquirer quotes KWF’s own Nancy Taylor on the details of the Seniors to Sophomores proposal from Governor Strickland’s State of the State.
 Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Cincinnati Community Press & Recorder
college corner
Community Press reports on CEO Chad Wick’s honorary doctorate and speaking engagement at Youngstown State University.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Fox Cincinnati
KnowledgeWorks President Named to State Education Panel
Fox Business reports that CEO Chad Wick has been appointed by Governor Strickland to the Ohio Partnership for Continued Learning
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Evansville Courier Press
Alternative learning under one roof
Alternative education as it's historically been known in the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corp. will look different in the future, administrators say.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Lima News
Student artist featured in education magazine
Kayla Holdgreve knew the Knowledge Works Foundation was preparing a story on Lima Senior High Progressive Academy and she was happy to chat with the writer.
Saturday, January 05, 2008
The Enquirer
Robert Richardson named to UC board
Gov. Ted Strickland appointed local labor attorney Robert Richardson Jr. to the University of Cincinnati board of trustees.
  Friday, December 07, 2007
Dayton Daily News
Revised plan puts focus on older students
COLUMBUS — A new version of the 10-year master plan for the University System of Ohio better incorporates the role of Ohio's two-year public colleges such as Sinclair Community College and Clark State Community College, and recognizes that the bulk of enrollment growth in both two- and four-year colleges will come from the adult work force.
Friday, December 07, 2007
Dayton Daily News
Revised plan puts focus on older students
COLUMBUS — A new version of the 10-year master plan for the University System of Ohio better incorporates the role of Ohio's two-year public colleges
 Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Springfield News Sun
District assigns principals to small schools
Springfield City Schools assigned principals it hired in August to the four small schools it plans to use inside Springfield High next year.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
The Portland Tribune
Schools look to update facilities
Portland Public Schools administrators floated the concept to updates schools at a national conference about school design in Washington, D.C., earlier this fall.
 Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Cincinnati Business Courier
Strive endorses success by 6
A regionwide initiative to improve the quality of education for urban children has made its first endorsements of local groups that are achieving their goals.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Joe Nathan: The Cincinnati Example
Powerful progress in the Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) may help efforts to improve Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Enquirer
School search for reform
Strive and KWF both receive a mention as helping with Cincinnati’s re-design efforts
Monday, October 01, 2007
Youngstown Vindicator
YEC looks to get the word out about aid
YEC wants to make the private, local, regional and even national endowment and agency scholarship programs aware the school exists and that its graduates will be looking for help.
 Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Akron Beacon Journal
KWF in the News: Teens tackle high school & college
The program at UA is among nearly 190 programs nationwide, including seven others in Ohio, that were launched with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other partners. These are nontraditional high schools that serve a targeted audience: average to good students from lower-income, often minority families who would be the first in their families to go to college.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
The Chronicle Telegram
KWF IN THE NEWS: Elyria Scores Drop
After gaining an “effective” rating last year, the Elyria school district learned that it will drop back to continuous improvement status in state report cards issued today.
 Friday, August 24, 2007
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
KWF in the News: 'School within a school' idea gets high marks
Pittsburgh-area superintendent Dr. Anne Stephens brings small schools idea to her new home. She was the Executive Director of School Reform for the Ohio Department of Education and the article touts small schools’ gains. KWF gets a mention, as does OHSTI
Friday, August 17, 2007
The Chronicle Telegram
Early College rises again in Elyria
After a two-year hiatus, the Elyria school district is ready to start letting eighth-graders begin enrolling in the Early College High School program at Lorain County Community College.
Friday, August 10, 2007
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio should build its early-college option - an editorial
A recent analysis finds that roughly 5 percent of eligible students take advantage of the state's Post-Secondary Enrollment Options program - a figure the state must work to aggressively grow for the sake of both students and taxpayers.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
The Cincinnati Post
Realizing a Vision
Substantive progress has been made on the plan set forth by the Vision 2015 task force.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
eSchool News
P21 issues new guidance on 21st-century skills
Looking for support in revising your curriculum to reflect the needs of 21st-century learners? A new online resource could help: On Aug. 2, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), a national coalition of business and education leaders, issued a revised plan to help students and educators achieve 21st-century learning goals.
Sunday, August 05, 2007
The Plain Dealer
Few takers for college-credit program, study says
Less than 5 percent of Ohio students have taken advantage of a program that allows them to earn high school and free college credits at the same time, a new study has found.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
El Sol De Cleveland
KnowledgeWorks Foundation appoints National expert to guide response to National education forecast
Dr. Monica Martinez, a national expert on issues related to educational access and achievement for low-income and minority students, was named by KnowledgeWorks Foundation to guide the education philanthropy's work to transform the national education landscape, the foundation announced today.
 Sunday, July 29, 2007
Youngstown Vindicator
Y-town Early College full of possibilities
The power of partnerships and innovative thinking are stimulating the success of the Youngstown Early College. Youngstown State University and the Youngstown City School District continue to collaborate in jointly sponsoring YEC, a non-traditional educational program that enrolls high school students in college.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
The Youngstown Vindicato
Teens make move to YEC
They received $300 stipends for completing the summer session.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Whites, privileged students primary beneficiaries of Ohio Early College program, study finds
A study of Ohio’s Post Secondary Enrollment Options program finds that nine of 10 of its participants are White, and most enrollees come from suburban rather than urban or rural high school districts. The study by the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Ohio’s largest education philanthropy, also takes PSEO to task for lacking any data showing PSEO’s positive impact on college outcomes. The study comes as the Ohio General Assembly prepares to expand the program at the behest of Democratic Gov. Ted Strick
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Gongwer News Service
State needs better data on college credit programs for high school students, report says
Boosting low-income and minority participation in programs that allow high school students to take college courses could encourage more disadvantaged Ohioans to pursue postsecondary degrees, a study released Tuesday says.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Does college program really work?
Gov. Ted Strickland and Ohio lawmakers agreed to add $5.7 million next year to a program that pays for college classes for high school students, but there’s not enough state data to prove the program actually works, researchers said.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Statehouse News Bureau
Report says students should examine taking courses in high school
An education think tank has taken a look at a state program that allows students to take college level courses while still in high school. Nancy Taylor with KnowledgeWorks reports 55,000 Ohio students participated in the post secondary enrollment option from 1998 to 2004.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Marion Star
MTC's McEldowney, O'Hara Named to All-Ohio Academic Team
Two students from Marion Technical College were recently named to the 2007 All-Ohio Academic Team. The team consists of 50 outstanding two-year college students from across the state of Ohio.
Monday, July 02, 2007
The Columbus Dispatch
Brookhaven High wins $1.2 million grant
Columbus' Brookhaven High School has received $1.2 million in cash and services to improve its 3-year-old small schools program.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Lima News
Gates money to bring more funding to Lima Senior
Lima schools officials have known the Knowledge Works Foundation wanted to continue to support the district’s work at the high school, but until this week, it was up in the air whether the money would be available.
“It is exciting news to know that Knowledge Works has been funded so they can continue to release those dollars to us for our various projects,” Superintendent Karel Oxley said.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Four districts to share in grant from Gates fund
Four area school districts are among nine in Ohio that will divide $7.4 million over the next three years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Hilliard Northwest News
School Award Submissions are Being Sought
KnowledgeWorks Foundation, in partnership with the American Architectural Foundation, is seeking submissions for the Richard Riley Award which recognizes design and educational excellence in "schools as centers of community."
The winning school will receive a $10,000 prize. Schools can learn more online at archfoundation.org/aaf/gsbd/Video.Johnson.Intro.htm.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Education Week
Top Ten Go To Sites for Educators
Map of the Future Forces Affecting Education: This interactive site forecasts the forces that are likely to affect K-12 learning over the next decade and organizes them into five categories: drivers of change, impact areas, trends, hot spots, and dilemmas.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
The New York Times
Ohio experiment survives by becoming a charter
An experimental public high school in Dayton that has had success in sending low-income students to college will become a charter school under the control of the University of Dayton, the school district has decided.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The New York Times
Ohio school fears cuts will rewrite success story
Every member of the Dayton Early College Academy graduating class, the school’s first, will attend college in the fall on the strength of their academic achievements and $2 million in scholarship offers, a remarkable success story in a school district plagued by budget shortfalls and challenges endemic to urban schools.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Cleveland Magazine
Anatomy of Heights High
Cleveland Heights High’s small-schools concept hopes to stem an exodus of students from the district serving one of Greater Cleveland’s most integrated communities. And, while it has shown success boosting grades for troubled students, it’s also providing very different experiences under the same roof.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Akron Beacon Journal
Math and science academies in Ohio
A look public schools that offer intense math, science and technology courses
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
The Sojourner's Truth
Who attends Early College High School?
There are currently 144 students at the Early College High School in the freshman and sophomore classes. Of that number, 105 are girls and only 39 are boys – 82 are African-American, nine are Latino, 50 are white and there are three “others.”
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
The Times-Reporter
What we need in Ohio
This opinion editorial examines a new college access program in Wisconsin, and then examines issues going on in Ohio which make this type of program necessary, if Ohio is to make progress.
 Monday, April 02, 2007
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron students get college head start
As many as 100 Akron high school freshmen will attend the University of Akron this fall with the hope of getting both a high school diploma and an associate degree in four years.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Canton Repository
Low teen literacy draws national attention
Harold Brown, a representative from the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, said his group sees a very basic problem: Ninth-graders are not ready for high school work.
Friday, March 09, 2007
Springfield News Sun
Education expert describes concept of small schools-within-a-school
School employees' and the community's participation is essential during the planning process of the new Springfield High School.
That was the message delivered to the Springfield school board Thursday evening by Harold Brown, executive director for EdWorks, a nonprofit subsidiary of the KnowledgeWorks Foundation. Brown shared the lessons he's learned while helping school districts across the nation redesign their high school programs by creating small schools within a school.
Friday, March 09, 2007
The Cincinnati Enquirer
College-bound eligible for awards
College-bound Ohio students can sign up to win one of four $1,500 scholarships being offered by Student Lending Works, the state's designated student-loan provider.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
University of Dayton
DECA to showcase success
The Dayton Early College Academy, a Dayton Public Schools high school housed on the University of Dayton campus, will showcase its success nationally in April.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
The Columbus Dispatch
Smoothing the path
But a new concept is gaining popularity around the U.S., called early college. These programs, 130 of them so far, are intended to smooth the transition between high school and college and lead to more students earning college degrees.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Northland Community Newspaper
Academics show improvement
Brookhaven High School is making strides in academic achievement, since it broke up into three small schools in the fall of 2004. But the cultural transformation there has principal Talisa Dixon especially excited, and is at least partially behind continued funding by the KnowledgeWorks Foundation.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
NEA Today
Breaking up is hard to do
Lima’s venture is the result of a $1.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has funded hundreds of small schools across the country. But this grant had an unusual clause: It couldn’t go forward without an OK from the educators union, a condition imposed by KnowledgeWorks, the Gates Foundation intermediary for 20 such grants in Ohio. KnowledgeWorks even hired retired Ohio Education Association Executive Director Robert Barkley as a consultant.
 Friday, December 22, 2006
Cincinnati Business Courier
Cincinnati could apply efforts of recovering European cities
Earlier this fall, I traveled to London for a conference on the "European Weak-Market City Program." At the session, hosted by the London School of Economics, individuals representing the public, private and nonprofit sectors analyzed seven formerly industrial cities demonstrating signs of recovery in a post-industrial, new economy that has ceded manufacturing jobs to the Third World.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Euclid High to leave Gates' small-school plan for more freedom
Millions of dollars provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to create small schools helped shape a changing education landscape in Northeast Ohio.
Monday, December 04, 2006
Cincinnati Enquirer
Strickland names locals to team
Strickland, a Democrat, organized his transtition teams into 14 major government areas. Coordinators appointed to each area will lead teams to evaluate budget, regulations and performance of various government agencies and departments.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Akron Leader Online
APS, UA team up for new program
The Akron Public Schools (APS) Board of Education approved a plan Nov. 27 to work with The University of Akron (UA) on the establishment of an Early College High School.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron plans `early college' school
As early as next fall, Akron students may be able to participate in an Early College High School. The four-year program would allow students to earn a high school diploma and up to 60 college credits through the University of Akron simultaneously.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Education Week
Gates learns to think big
After a massive investment in small high schools, the foundation is seeking to broaden and deepen its reach.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Canton Repository
Strickland accuses Blackwell camp of ‘breaking faith’
“Will I see you Monday?” Blackwell called to Strickland as the two passed each other during separate appearances at an Investing in Workers conference Tuesday hosted by KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Ohio’s largest public education philanthropy.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Blackwell, Strickland face crucial education debate
Their final exam isn't until Nov. 7, but Ken Blackwell and Ted Strickland had better do their homework for Wednesday's debate on education. It could make up a large part of their grade.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Editorial: Donors can help Strive meet goal of scholarships
A full helping of the region's business, political and educational leaders gathered there last week and proclaimed it a new day for local education. In a program called Strive, they would provide early-childhood care and mentors.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Cincinnati Post
Education initiative
KnowledgeWorks has gotten into school reform/improvement in a big way, and is loaning staff and organizational support to the Strive effort.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Cincinnati Post
Editorial: Striving for improvement
Although it is not going to change Greater Cincinnati's educational systems overnight, there is much to applaud in the "Strive'' initiative that was unveiled with so much fanfare this week.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Cincinnati Post
Education collaborative launched
With just one guidance counselor for every 1,700 students, Cincinnati Public Schools students who need help navigating the college application process can find themselves with a problem.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Cincinnati Enquirer
Strive takes plans public
Organizers of a far-reaching plan to help students in Covington, Newport and Cincinnati go to college are hosting public forums to shape the program dubbed Strive.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Cincinnati Post
Mayors, college presidents to push for higher ed for all
Backed by $1.2 million, a group of regional education and civic leaders today launched a new collaborative effort aimed at better preparing the tri-state's students.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Cincinnati Enquirer
Editorial: Strive, a strategy that can work
Today an unprecedented coalition of local educators, business executives, foundation heads and mayors will announce a plan that could transform the face of education here for families and change the dynamics of community life.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Cincinnati Enquirer
Scholarship fund to pay way
A new community partnership called Strive hopes to soon be able to guarantee every schoolchild in Cincinnati, Newport and Covington tuition money for college - and the preparation needed to be a success once he gets there.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Plan's goal: every kid goes to college
A new community partnership called Strive hopes to soon be able to guarantee every school child in Cincinnati, Newport and Covington tuition money for college.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Charities hope Buffett inspires others to give
Leaders of charitable organizations in Ohio are holding out hope. Some of them say they won't be surprised if Warren Buffett's $30 billion donation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation kicks off a craze.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Philadelphia Inquirer
Editorial: It's Not Just a Gym
The students were asked to help come up with options on where the addition should go, how it should look and how related renovations to the existing school should be handled. To give meaningful input, they had to learn about design, engineering, site planning, "green" buildings and landscaping.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Education Week
Report Suggests How New Schools Should Be Designed
Schools in the 21st century should be constructed with more diverse learning environments and should be more integrated with their communities, a report on school design says.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Cincinnati Business Courier
Editorial: Rethinking reach of 'regional'
We know it's hard for Cincinnatians to think that what's good for Ohio is good for Cincinnati. But it's a fact that on a global stage -- as in the world is getting increasingly flat -- the more we speak about regions.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Cincinnati Enquirer
Governor's plan to expand college/ high school program raises concerns
Gov. Bob Taft's plan to expand a program allowing high school students to take courses at nearby colleges has some education experts worried that the work isn't tough enough and some schools couldn't afford it.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Dexigner
Report from the National Summit on School Design
Schools in the 21st century should feature more diverse learning environments, greater technology and be more integrated with their communities, recommends a new report on school design issued today by the American Architectural Foundation (AAF) and KnowledgeWorks Foundation.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Education Week
Manual High Commentary: Two Differing Reactions
After visiting Denver last March as part of a KnowledgeWorks Foundation delegation to investigate this closing, we can appreciate Mr. Lichtenstein’s call to reformers that they “demonstrate a genuine and lasting commitment not merely to the reform, but also to the schools, districts, and communities in which they are involved.”
Friday, May 26, 2006
Canton Repository
Early College awards students
A decision by the Board of Education in January to allow Early College students to graduate from McKinley High School showed the program was one that the entire community felt a vested interest in.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
This Week News
Students learn about leadership
Students in Brookhaven High School's three small schools -- Leadership, Legacy and North Star -- regularly devise projects that they hope will improve their community.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Ashtabula Star Beacon
County receives $20,000 grant for programs
Ashtabula County is one of five sites in Ohio to receive a $20,000 from KnowledgeWorks Foundation grant aimed at smoothing the education pipeline for Ohio students from preschool through college.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Springfield News-Sun
County receives grant to boost achievement
Clark County is one of five sites in Ohio to receive a KnowledgeWorks Foundation grant to help students move from preschool through college.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Cincinnati Business Courier
KnowledgeWorks awards grants to form P-16 councils
KnowledgeWorks Foundation said Wednesday that it has awarded five $20,000 grants to develop local and regional plans that will help children move from one educational level to the next.
Monday, May 15, 2006
dBusiness News
Project GRAD Delivers on Promise for Western Hills Seniors
KnowledgeWorks Foundation and Project GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams) Cincinnati tonight will deliver on their promise to help economically disadvantaged students graduate from high school and attend college.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Toledo Blade
Fulton panel focusing on education
She first heard of P-16 Councils, whose name stands for preschool through a four-year degree or grade 16, from an educational philanthropy for public schools called KnowledgeWorks that plans this spring to give grants of $20,000 each to as many as five councils in Ohio.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Toledo Blade
Fulton panel will focus on education for work
It is one of 13 such committees in Ohio being considered this month for grants from the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, a public schools philanthropy based in Cincinnati.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
City Beat
Not Just Classrooms
The Coalition for Community Schools, a Washington, D.C.-based alliance of more than 170 national, state and local organizations, is crediting CPS for its efforts at involving the public in creating "community learning centers" at its schools.
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Panelists relay experience with small-school failure
Hosted by the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, the Cincinnati-based nonprofit overseeing Ohio's small-school conversions, the annual gathering gives educators a chance to share ideas and strategies.
Friday, April 07, 2006
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lakeland gets new program for low-income adults
Gov. Bob Taft, along with representatives of KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Ohio's largest public education philanthropy, were at the college Thursday to launch the initiative. Technical assistance will be managed by the foundation.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
This Week News
Staff changes could weaken Brookhaven small schools
It is supposed to be a breakthrough idea: Divide big, impersonal high schools into smaller, autonomous learning environments where everyone works together to ensure success by every student.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Cincinnati Community Press
Art students recognized
The KnowledgeWorks Foundation recognized senior Megan Harrelson, daughter of Brad and Anna Harrelson of Loveland, for her photograph that was manipulated on the computer then reconfigured into a 3-D relief.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
The Lima News
Small schools to report individual data
Students and parents will likely have another resource to judge how their small school at Lima Senior High School is doing. If accepted by the state, each of the three small schools will have their own Information Retrieval Numbers, meaning each will report their own data to the Ohio Department of Education.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Philanthropy News Digest
People in the news
The KnowledgeWorks Foundation in Cincinnati, Ohio, has named LISA QUIROZ to its board.
Friday, March 31, 2006
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ohio touts own student lending
Student Lending Works is a nonprofit college loan program that's supported by the state with a $244 million allocation.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Cincinnati Business Courier
Time Warner executive joins KnowledgeWorks board
Lisa Quiroz, senior vice president, corporate responsibility for Time Warner Inc., is one of three new board members for the Cincinnati-based foundation.
Monday, March 20, 2006
Toledo Blade
Young students give new twist to old college try
Early College High School freshmen work for diploma, 2 years' worth of credit. The program allows up to 400 students to receive a high school diploma and the equivalent in college credits of an associate's degree from the University of Toledo during the same four years.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Education Week
Failed breakup of H.S. in Denver offering lessons
The impending closure of the Manual Education Complex in Denver is sparking a conversation about what can be learned from the experience at a time when the nation has pinned high hopes on improving secondary schools by turning them into smaller, more personalized environments.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
dBusiness News
KnowledgeWorks Foundation Vice President speaks on urban education issues
KnowledgeWorks Foundation Vice President, Harold Brown will speak tonight at the seminar series, "Leading, Learning and Teaching in Urban Communities" at the University of Cincinnati. The panel discussion will focus on a wide range of issues related to supporting education in urban communities and includes topics that support education as part of a healthy urban community.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Cincinnati Community Press
Editorial: Educators know to watch these Oak Hills schools
There were only 10 schools named Schools to Watch in Ohio, and Oak Hills is the only district with two schools winning the honor.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Small schools in high schools
Area school districts are still wrestling with key components that KnowledgeWorks insist must be present for the reform to succeed.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Canton Repository
McKinley’s small schools get bigger
Two years ago, the high school of more than 1,700 divided its student population by five, and put them into five small schools — each with its own identity. The transformation was funded by million-dollar grants from KnowledgeWorks Foundation’s
Monday, March 06, 2006
Ironton Tribune
Spinning the gears
The federally funded Gear Up program will end a six-year run. Its aim was to increase student awareness of and participation in post-secondary education and to better prepare them for those after-high-school opportunities.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Business Courier
KnowledgeWorks, Brookings, partner on economic initiative
KnowledgeWorks Foundation is lending its support to a multi-state economic initiative being developed by the Brookings Institution. The initiative, "Defining a Great Lakes Economic Agenda," seeks to help the Midwestern cities and states that surround the Great Lakes move from traditional manufacturing into knowledge-based industries.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Cincinnati Business Courier
Wick appointed to education advisory committee
Chad Wick, president and CEO of KnowledgeWorks Foundation, has been elected to the advisory commission of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Cincinnati Community Press
Everyone's watching these schools
Schools meeting the criteria were then visited by representatives from the Ohio Department of Education, Ohio Middle School Association, Ohio Federation of Teachers, KnowledgeWorks Foundation and college professors.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Cincinnati Community Press
West Clermont small schools hosts visitors
The educators are researching small schools as a part of a state education initiative and, like West Clermont, has received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and organizations like Knowledgeworks.
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Cincinnati Business Courier
KnowledgeWorks to fund learning centers
KnowledgeWorks Foundation will jump-start a Cincinnati educational partnership with a three-year grant totaling $300,000 to plan community learning centers.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Cincinnati Enquirer
Editorial: Connection keeps kids in school
Knowledgeworks, Ohio's largest educational foundation and a national reform leader, says the personal connection that's at the heart of mentoring is also the culture that can keep struggling students in school.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Dayton Business Journal
Funds to promote health care education
A state program designed to provide post-secondary health care education to low-income adults received $750,000 in state funding.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Fast Company
The Gates effect
While high schools generally--and high schools for poor and minority students especially--represent an enormous failure of America's public education system, there is hope for improvement.
 Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Ohio Grant Makers Forum Newsletter
Connections - Ohio Grant Makers Forum Newsletter
Chad Wick, president and CEO of the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, received the Ohio Philanthropy Award on October 19 during OGF’s annual conference.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Lima News
Lima Senior students testify on No Child Left Behind
Lima Senior High School of Multiple Intelligences was invited to participate in the public hearing sponsored by the Knowledge Works Foundation and Public Education Network.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
This Week News
Change 'No Child Left Behind' law, panelists say
When United States Congress reauthorizes the "No Child Left Behind" bill in 2007, educators, parents and students would like to see some changes. They made that clear Monday evening at a public hearing on the law, held at the Columbus Africentric Early College.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
NewsBlaze
Major Investment Helps Prepare Ohio Youth for Demands of College, Work
Governor Bob Taft today announced a $2.75 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will enable the state to align high school graduation expectations in English and math with the knowledge and skills needed for success in college and the workforce.
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
BlackEnterpirse.com
Today's Economy Rewards Education
In response to this crisis, KnowledgeWorks Foundation is pursuing an agenda built on a number of initiatives that, if successful, can serve as practical models for improving educational and economic opportunity in Ohio.
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Cincinnati Enquirer
Local leaders critique federal education law
Eileen Cooper Reed,a newly elected Cincinnati Board of Education member, and Kent Friel of the Citizens School Committee, were among 24 panelists to testify during the hearing. It was the third of 10 hearings nationwide, and the only one in Ohio.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Foundation wants policy change to help educate low-wage workers
A Cincinnati-based think tank is beginning to prod state policy makers into finding new ways to boost the skills of low-wage earners.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
University of Pennsylvania Almanac
The Penn Alexander School
The school opens in the evening for recreation, arts activities and adult education workshops such as personal finance, home buying and parenting. Given this commitment to the “public” aspect of public school, PAS is particularly proud of being selected by the KnowledgeWorks Foundation for the “Schools as Centers for Community” Honor Society.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
This Week News
Legacy begins second year at Brookhaven
As they explored historic Greenlawn Cemetery on the city's near West Side last Friday, about 70 Brookhaven High School freshmen thought about people who came before them and what they left behind.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Sptingfield News Sun
City school board to get two new members
KnowledgeWorks Foundation, which provides money to create small schools. The district sought the grant to help restructure the high schools, but was turned down in 2003.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Cincinnati Business Courier
National education association honors KnowledgeWorks founder
The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) has honored Chad Wick, founding president and CEO of KnowledgeWorks Foundation with the national "Friend of Education" award for his contributions to the education of Ohio's youth.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Cincinnati Business Courier
Poll: Most Ohioans link education, socioeconomic status
A study conducted by KnowledgeWorks Foundation has found that 86 percent of Ohioans believe there is a direct connection between the education levels of a population and the social and economic conditions of their local communities and the state.
Monday, October 17, 2005
Cincinnati Enquirer
Education innovator
Few Greater Cincinnatians have had a wider influence in the field of education than Chad Wick. The president and CEO of KnowledgeWorks Foundation has dedicated years to improving students' readiness for and access to quality instruction.
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Letter to the Editor: A good higher education is hard to define
In response to these negative trends, the KnowledgeWorks Foundation - Ohio's largest education philanthropy - is developing innovative programs to improve college access and readiness among graduating high schoolers.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Cincinnati Enquirer
Letter to the Editor: Test-mania ensures mediocre schools
In Ohio, students don't graduate if they can't pass the graduation test. So it is little surprise that efforts to get all students to pass it become a prime school directive.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Cincinnati Enquirer
Editorial: Citizens shape school board debate
A grass-roots group of citizens wants to make sure the upcoming Cincinnati School Board race doesn't get lost in the Cincinnati mayor and City Council races Nov. 8, so they've taken it upon themselves educate the public and help frame the debate.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Decatur Daily Democrat
From Left Field...Smaller better?
A unique experiment is going on in Ohio this school year, one that will no doubt draw nationwide interest. Eighteen large, urban high schools in the state have been transformed into laboratories in a five-year, $50 million project.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Marietta Times
Success of small schools examined
In contrast with a 50-year-old national movement that favors large schools, 18 urban high schools in Ohio are dividing up within the existing buildings as part of a nationwide effort to determine whether students in smaller schools perform better.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Cincinnati Enquirer
Poll: Ohio schools fail to challenge
Just 11 percent of Ohioans think that most high school students are being challenged by their schoolwork, according to results of an education survey released Monday.
Monday, September 12, 2005
Dayton Daily News
Schools hope to add by dividing
The experiment involving 25,000 Ohio students is being sponsored by the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the state and federal Departments of Education and others.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Columbus Dispatch
Two city schools part of project
The two schools are among 18 large, urban high schools in Ohio that have been transformed into laboratories in a five-year, $50 million project to see whether students in smaller schools perform better.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Akron Beacon Journal
Eighteen large Ohio schools divided into smaller ones
Eighteen large, urban high schools in Ohio are part of a nationwide effort that is dividing schools up to determine whether students in smaller schools peform better.
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Education Week
Small schools are visited in new study
“Dollars and Sense II: Lessons From Good, Cost-Effective Small Schools” was released Aug. 31 by its sponsors, including the Cincinnati-based KnowledgeWorks Foundation and the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which supports the development of small schools.
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Youngstown Vindicator
Network objective: improving access to the state's colleges
To increase the number of high school students who go to college, the Ohio College Access Network offers free services regarding higher education to students and parents.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
ArriveNet
Learning Communities Program Boosts Achievement in English for Low-Income Students in Community College
During their first semester at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, N.Y., students in a program called Opening Doors Learning Communities substantially outperformed students in a comparison group.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
St. Paul Pioneer Press
John A. Johnson Elementary School
School in St. Paul has been selected by a panel of national experts as the nation's best example of how schools can serve as education centers.
Friday, June 03, 2005
Youngstown Business Journal
Youngstown Early College Awards 75 Credits
Forty-three ninth-graders posted a combined 2.9 grade-point-average while earning 75 college credits during the first year of Youngstown Early College.
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Canton Repository
Early College offers amazing opportunity
Imagine finishing four years of high school with a diploma and an associate’s degree from Stark State College of Technology. It is an amazing opportunity, and it is open to Timken Senior High students.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
The Canton Repository
Students eager for early college
The Early College High School program will allow students entering their freshman year to obtain a two-year associate degree from Stark State College of Technology while they are earning their high school diploma.
Saturday, May 21, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Smaller must also be better
Small schools offer great opportunities to improve student achievement.
Sunday, May 15, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Small schools struggle to break free
All the newly created small schools in Northeast Ohio have struggled to break free of the larger schools from which they came, a recent assessment has found.
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
The Marietta Times
Washington State works to build up program
Farmer was one of 20 residents from Washington and Morgan counties to take part in the college's new preliminary Career Pathways program.
Sunday, April 17, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Step 1: Get the kids in college
Ohio is belatedly considering its own entry into this realm after a panel Gov. Bob Taft appointed reccommended a marketing campaign to help the state get more residents to attend college.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Jones to get Queen City Foundation award
Retired federal Judge Nathaniel R. Jones will be presented the Robert L. Black Jr. Award of Excellence and Diversity in Education.
Monday, April 11, 2005
BG News
Ohio tuition continues to rise for four-year schools
Contained in the budget are figures that may affect a majority of students who attend Ohio colleges and universities.
Friday, April 01, 2005
Tech Learning
Big Time for Small Schools
Increasing attention is being paid to more efficient and viable alternatives to the huge traditional American high school.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
The Jambar
Early College pleased with first year
The first official school year is almost over for the Youngstown Early College, and the 70 high school students enrolled there are on their way to pursuing their postsecondary education.
Saturday, March 26, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ex-principal back to help new ones
The former principal of Cleveland's Glenville High School returned to that post this week to help out the four principals new to the job this year.
Monday, March 14, 2005
The Cincinnati Enquirer
We all lose when middle is ill-served
In a world that spotlights the best and brightest, experts say average kids are often under-valued and overlooked.
Monday, March 14, 2005
The Cincinnati Enquirer
We don't do enough for average kids
For years school boards, parents and some researchers have worried that these students in the middle don't receive the attention they deserve.
Thursday, March 10, 2005
The Toledo Blade
Ohio mayors converge on Toledo
Mayors of eight Ohio cities will meet in Toledo today for a five-hour roundtable discussion on the mayoral role in public education.
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Raising up high schools
Gates' foundation has supported its rhetoric by investing nearly $1 billion in redesigning American high schools. Gates, in conjunction with the Cincinnati-based KnowledgeWorks Foundation, has been the major contributor to more than $50 million in high school initiatives here in Ohio.
Monday, March 07, 2005
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Early-College Experiment
High-school programs that offer low-income students personal instruction and postsecondary degrees are rife with good intentions and challenges.
Monday, February 21, 2005
The Cincinnati Business Courier
KnowledgeWorks gives $100K to learning center project
KnowledgeWorks Foundation announced a $100,000 grant to the Community Building Institute, which is working to create several community learning centers across Cincinnati.
Saturday, February 19, 2005
The Cincinnati Enquirer
$100K for learning centers
The downtown-based KnowledgeWorks Foundation, an education philanthropy, on Friday announced a grant of $100,000 to promote community engagement as part of Cincinnati Public Schools' $1 billion construction program.
Monday, February 14, 2005
Education Finance Council
Governor Taft launches new Ohio secondary market to make college more affordable
In his State of the State address this week, Governor Bob Taft announced the launch of a new program to offer students reduced-rate federal student loans in order to drive down the cost of higher education and increase college-going rates in Ohio.
Sunday, February 13, 2005
The Cincinnati Enquirer
A plan to plug up Ohio's 'brain drain'
"Even with a tight budget, we have to invest in certain areas," Taft told the Enquirer this week. "We want more students going to college, and we want to make sure students who want to go to college can afford to do so."
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Taft offers more college aid, calls for tuition cap
Gov. Bob Taft on Tuesday offered more financial help for college students and then demanded that the state's higher education leaders do the same by keeping rising tuition costs in check.
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