It’s hard for Zolah Williams to stop doing schoolwork since the third grader at Scuola Vita Nuova Charter School in Kansas City, Missouri, received a laptop from her school last week.
A donation from SchoolSmartKC helped Scuola Vita Nuova buy the devices.
On a regular Wednesday afternoon, the hallways of any school in Kansas City would be packed with kids, but instead they’re all learning from home, which isn’t that easy for everyone. One program is making it possible for every student in Kansas City to home-school.
SchoolSmartKC, in partnership with The United Way of Greater Kansas City and Turn The Page KC, is hosting a one-day summit focused on reducing chronic absenteeism and strengthening the connections between schools, communities, and families. Heddy Chang, Founder and CEO of Attendance Works, will be the featured speaker.
School Smart KC holds a panel with eight public schools in the area, and chooses a few to fund for the year. This year Gladstone Elementary, Northeast High School, and Wendell Phillips Elementary received funding boosts between $200,000 and $600,000.
Three schools will get $1.4 million from education nonprofit SchoolSmartKC to improve student performance, Kansas City Public Schools announced Friday.
A combined total of $1.4 million awarded to improve students’ academic success. Beginning in 2017, SchoolSmartKC worked with the KCPS district administration to identify eight neighborhood schools who have shown meaningful and regular academic progress and invited...
SchoolSmartKC, in partnership with transitional school leadership and its Board of Directors, announced significant financial support for DeLaSalle Education Center, an alternative high school in Kansas City
SchoolSmartKC (SSKC) is working with nationally-recognized Charter Board Partners to help recruit, train and sustain effective charter school boards.
Panel discussion and attendees motivated to address student and family needs to help them succeed. Approximately 150 leaders from education, philanthropy, business and social service providers came together to hear findings from several months’ work from Communities...
SchoolSmartKC announced two grants, totaling more than $3 million, to two local schools: Lincoln Prep Academy and Académie Lafayette