KnowledgeWorks Foundation

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1.		Woodward Career Technical High School Dedication Chad P. Wick, September 15, 2006 To Principal Larry Ballew, the rest of the administration team, the faculty, the staff, and the students of Woodward Career Technical High School, Congratulations! We at KnowledgeWorks Foundation are truly delighted to share in this proud moment for the Woodward Bulldogs, as you dedicate your beautiful new school!

2.		Early College Leadership Institute Chad Wick, June 20, 2006 Thank you, Harold, for that introduction. It’s great that Governor Taft could join us. That says to me how much the Early College teachers and school leaders are valued. I do want to join Harold in welcoming all of you to this leadership institute and use this moment to note we would not be here but for the extraordinary national leadership of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

3.		KnowledgeWorks Foundation Presents Project GRAD with $250,000 Chad P. Wick, May 11, 2006 I’m very pleased to have a chance to talk with you because there are some very important things that I want to share with you. You are here, even when 2/3 of Ohio’s students are below proficiency in math and reading and 1/3 graduate without the basic skills required for success in college. That means about 70% of our state's students are graduating from high school and only 1/2 of them enroll in college.

4.		Project Grad Check Presentation Chad P. Wick, May 11, 2006 Good evening, Mustangs! It’s really great to be with so many people who are on their way to a pathway to success. I just wish that up here with me were Doctor Odell Owens because it was about uh.. 6 years ago that Doctor Owens and I had breakfast, and we were talking about a program we both had heard about named Project GRAD. He had heard it about it from Project Grad Newark, and I had heard about it from Project Grad Houston. And we decided why couldn’t we do Project GRAD in Cincinnati. So we

5.		Presentation to K-12 Subcommittee E-470 Education Summit Chad P. Wick, April 13, 2006 I am delighted to join you this afternoon to talk about the huge opportunity that you have before you. Starting from scratch, you have a chance to do it right! What a humbling responsibility that must be.

6.		KnowledgeWorks Foundation/Governor Bob Taft Chad P. Wick, March 30, 2006 Governor Taft, I need to say there are a lot of governor's that claim to be the "education governor". I have first hand experience with Governor Taft on many podiums, and I know that this isn't rhetoric with him, it is a sincere issue of the heart and the head. Meaning he knows what is really good and smart for Ohio.

7.		Annual Fenn Educational Fund meeting President and CEO speaks on the importance of school and community partnerships Chad P. Wick, December 15, 2005 I am so pleased to be invited by the Cleveland Foundation to speak at the Fenn Educational Fund's annual dinner, and to be with so many of Cleveland's most important education and civic leaders.

8.		With All Deliberate Speed: Achievement, Citizenship and Diversity in American Education Richard W. Riley, November 14, 2005 I am pleased to be here for the release of this paper that makes such a very important point - that is, that we must do a better job of giving all of our children quality schools, while preparing them to become better citizens in our nation that is becoming increasingly diverse.

9.		Ohio Philantrophy Award Remarks Upon Acceptance Chad P. Wick, October 19, 2005 I am deeply pleased to accept the Ohio Philanthropy Award from the Ohio Grantmakers' Forum. Actually those who know me well, know I would be far more comfortable accepting this on behalf of the entire staff and board of KWF.

10.		National Summit on School Design: Hudson High School Recipient of Richard W. Riley Award for Excellence Chad P. Wick, October 7, 2005 In 2004, a national panel of outside experts chose our first winner -- the John A. Johnson achievement Plus Elementary School in Saint Paul, Minnesota. This state-of-the-art community school serves 320 children from kindergarten to 6th grade. Tonight we honor our second national winner – Hudson High School located in Hudson, Massachusetts, a small community of 18,000 people about 30 miles West of Boston.

11.		The Role of the Non-Profit Organization, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, in State and Local High School Reform Efforts in Ohio Deborah Howard, June 9, 2005 Testimony at the Congressional Subcommittee on Education Reform Hearing on "The Role of Non-Profit Organizations in State and Local High School Reform Efforts"

12.		Ohio 8 Summit Chad P. Wick, May 5, 2005 According to Bill Gates, our high schools are so obsolete, that even when they work as designed, they are still unable to prepare our children for success in the 21st century global economy.

13.		International Conference on Corporate Citizenship Chad Wick, April 2, 2005 According to Bill Gates, our high schools are so obsolete, that even when they work as designed, they are still unable to prepare our children for success in the 21st century global economy.

14.		Fourth Annual Postsecondary Education for Low-Wage Workers Conference Chad P. Wick, March 23, 2005 Ultimately, our destination should be a public education system that is worthy of each and every individual’s aspirations.

15.		Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education Chad P. Wick, March 2, 2005 Like Thomas Edison made electricity accessible to everyone, it is our challenge to do the same with the light of higher education by replacing mystique with genuine understanding.

16.		16th Annual Accent on Architecture Gala Chad Wick, February 11, 2005 It is important to design our public schools as multipurpose facilities that serve the needs, values, and vision of the entire community.

17.		Reforming Cleveland's High School's: Can the Conversion to Small Schools Improve Academic Achievement and Raise Graduation Rates? Chad P. Wick, February 3, 2005 Converting Ohio's public high schools from the factory model of the Industrial Age to the small school model of the Information Age will help fulfill our democratic promise to make education accessible to all.