Ladies and gentlemen of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. My name is Awais Sufi, and I am the President and CEO of a new 501(c)(3) entitled SchoolSmartKC.
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STEAM charter school picks up $500,000 from KC nonprofit
Kansas City Neighborhood Academy, a STEAM school focused on science, technology, engineering, arts and math, will serve 154 more students, pre-K through fourth grade, in the Wendell Phillips neighborhood with a two-year, $500,000 investment from SchoolSmartKC.
SchoolSmartKC Announces Funding for Kansas City Neighborhood Academy
Investment of $500,000 supports continued success in district-sponsored charter school.
Grant Will Help Crossroads Academy Open Charter High School In Downtown Kansas City
Education nonprofit SchoolSmartKC announced Tuesday support for Crossroads Academy, which hopes to open a high school in 2018.
Small Enough to Manage, Big Enough to Matter: Kansas City’s Latest Attempt at School Reform
Some education reform efforts in America’s larger cities struggle to go to scale. Think Los Angeles and laptops, New York City and school turnarounds, or Detroit and school choice.
SchoolSmartKC Announces Third Investment to Help Two High Performing Charter Schools Expand
Third SchoolSmart investment will allow Crossroads Charter Schools and Scuola Vita Nuova to serve more students.
New KC Education Nonprofit Announces Next Round of Funding
A new Kansas City, Missouri, nonprofit has announced the second round of funding as part of a decade-long effort to improve academic achievement among public school students in the city.
SchoolsmartKC Supports Sustained KCPS School Improvement
SchoolSmartKC and Kansas City Public Schools have partnered to identify new opportunities for selected schools that have shown academic improvement.
SchoolSmartKC Seeks to Serve Children Inside, Outside the Classroom
Awais Sufi has spent the last 18 months traversing this Midwestern town in search of solutions to its educational shortcomings. He’s met with parents, educators, philanthropists, faith leaders and anyone else with a vested interest in education.
Philanthropists tap the village to raise student performance in Kansas City schools
There’s a new nonprofit in town, and it’s going after public schools in Kansas City with more than $50 million to help improve student performance within the next decade.