http://www.kwfdn.org/rss/.aspx KnowledgeWorks Foundation in the News 10 Chad Wick, president and chief executive officer of the KnowledgeWorks Foundation in Ohio, has been appointed to serve on a select group of business, political and community leaders working to expand National Board Certification as a systemic education-reform movement in America. http://www.smartbrief.com/news/nbpts/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=091682BD-B68A-4CDD-9F2C-E271C933B0BF&copyid=A72E5D50-888A-43C6-BFF9-9EBE08AA963A The program is one of four nationwide based on "Strive," a 3-year-old project in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky that combines education, business and community resources to support children from preschool through college graduation. It also is being set up in Hayward, Calif., Houston and Indianapolis. http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/education/article/EDUC19_20090618-215206/274678/ Gov. Ted Strickland and legislative Democrats want a complete overhaul of Ohio's school-funding system, but Republicans support the current system, designed when they ruled over Capitol Square. But Strickland and Democrats, backed by the Cincinnati-based KnowledgeWorks Foundation, said their plan takes evidence of what has been successful in the classroom and targets money at those areas, such as smaller elementary class sizes, professional development and tutors. http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/05/31/ohbudget31.ART_ART_05-31-09_B1_8TE1EKD.html?sid=101 Kieran was among 64 students who graduated from the Early College High School program run by Canton City Schools and tax-supported Stark State College. It is one of nine such programs statewide and more than 200 nationwide. http://www.ohio.com/news/45940702.html Toledo Public Schools Superintendent John Foley said the program has gotten positive results and graduation will be a culmination of a lot of hard work. http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090521/NEWS04/905210330 When the next class of Akron's Early College High School starts school in the fall, the students and their families can be assured they've chosen a credible path to success. A partnership of school districts and universities, the program targets low-income students and those who would be first-generation college students. Students study simultaneously for a high school diploma and earn two years of college credits or an associate's degree. http://www.ohio.com/editorial/opinions/45594982.html Six of Ohio's nine "early college" high school are reporting a lot of success in graduating students with college credits already on their resumes. The program targets districts that are under-represented in the number of students attending college. Part of a national network, Northeast Ohio has three early college high schools - in Akron, Canton, and Elyria. Lisa Duty works with the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, which supports these kinds of innovative schools. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/23449 According to the Stark Education Partnership, Canton students are outperforming the national average for early colleges. Cumulative results show students have accrued more than 5,000 hours of earned college credit at an average GPA of 2.54. http://www.cantonrep.com/communities/canton/x1518883108/Milestone-for-Canton-City-Schools-community-First-Early-College-High-School-class-graduates The KnowledgeWorks Foundation recently released the Future of Learning, a map that points into the fog. Like Clayton Christensen's book Disrupting Class, Future of Learning is really a list of change forces more than a forecast. Both are important contributions. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-vander-ark/2020-forecast-the-future-_b_195467.html High-school graduates from the region’s urban core are unlikely to be prepared to take college-level classes. According to a report from the Strive local education partnership, only 3 percent from the Covington Independent Schools, 9 percent from the Newport Independent Schools and 16 percent from the Cincinnati Public Schools were prepared last year in all four subject areas of the ACT College Readiness tests. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090429/NEWS0102/304290039