SchoolSmartKC Partners in Education

SchoolSmartKC partners with families, Kansas City Public Schools, local charter schools, educators, school leaders, business/civic leaders, philanthropy, and community organizations across Kansas City to accelerate outcomes for students.

Our work is rooted in shared goals, transparent data, and coordinated investment.

Whether expanding early literacy, increasing access to high-quality Pre-K, or building career access pathways, we work system-wide to ensure progress is measurable and sustained. The partners listed below have worked with us over the past nine years.

*Current partners are marked with an asterisk.

  • Academie Lafayette*
  • Academy for Integrated Arts*
  • Allen Village School*
  • Appletree Institute
  • Arizona State University – Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation*
  • Avenue of Life
  • Bare Essentials Childcare Center*
  • BetterLesson
  • Boys Hope Girls Hope of KC
  • Brighter Days Childcare Center*
  • Brookside Charter School*
  • Brothers Liberating Our Communities*
  • Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired*
  • Childrens Garden Academy*
  • Citizens of the World Charter Schools – KC*
  • City Year
  • CoAction Collective
  • Conscious Discipline*
  • Corporate Kids 601 LLC*
  • Crossroads Charter Schools*
  • De La Salle Education Center*
  • Della Lamb Community Services*
  • DreamsKC*
  • Each One Teach One*
  • EarlystART*
  • EdFuel
  • Educator Academy
  • Emmanuel Family & Child Dev Ctr*
  • Ewing Marion Kauffman School*
  • Frontier Charter School*
  • Genesis School*
  • Gordon Parks Elementary*
  • Green Works of KC
  • Guadalupe Centers Charter Schools*
  • Harvesters
  • Hogan Preparatory Academy*
  • Hope Leadership Academy
  • Institute for Ed Leaders
  • Invictus Leadership Coaching
  • Junior Achievement of GKC
  • Just Systems
  • Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy
  • Kansas City International Academy*
  • Kansas City Public Schools*
  • Kids in Christ Academy LLC*
  • Transition Academy
  • Kipp Endeavor Academy*
  • Latinx Education Collaborative*
  • Lead to Read KC
  • Lean Lab Education
  • Lee A. Tolbert Charter*
  • Legal Aid of Western Missouri
  • Lively Paradox
  • Mattie Rhodes*
  • Men of Color in Educational Leadership
  • Mid America Regional Council*
  • Mind Drive*
  • Missouri Accreditation*
  • Missouri Charter Public School Association*
  • MultiStudio*
  • National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools
  • New Leaders*
  • Northeast Community Center
  • Operation Breakthrough*
  • Parent Leadership Training Institute KC (PLTIKC)*
  • Paseo Baptist Learning Center*
  • PREP-KC
  • PrincipalsConnect*
  • Purpose Built Communities (Kansas City Neighborhood Academy)
  • Reach Out and Read – KC*
  • Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center*
  • School Leader Lab
  • Scuola Vita Nuova Charter School*
  • Sherwood Autism Center
  • Show Me KC Schools*
  • Sophic Solutions
  • Sparkwheel, Inc*
  • Start at Zero
  • Swope Health System*
  • Synergy Services Inc.*
  • Tandem Learning Partners, Ltd
  • Teach for America*
  • Teachers Like Me*
  • The Children’s Place*
  • The Family Conservancy
  • The Literacy Lab
  • TNTP, Inc
  • Transition Academy
  • Truman Library*
  • Truman Medical Center, Inc.
  • Turn the Page KC*
  • UMKC – Urban Education Research Center*
  • UMKC School of Education – Institute for Urban Education*
  • United Inner City Services
  • University Academy*
  • University of Central Missouri School of Education
  • Urban Leaders Fellowship
  • Urban League of Greater Kansas City
  • Working for Youth
  • Written Out Loud*