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From The Team
Read reflections, personal stories, updates, and more from the SSKC Team!
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Profiles in Leadership
Kansas City is home to the most dedicated educators, the most committed leaders, and the most inspiring students. Our Profiles in Leadership series introduces some of best and brightest in Kansas City.
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Learn more about ways in which SSKC is involved in the community, our programming, our partner organizations, and more!
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Read more about efforts to eliminate the achievement gap in Kansas City schools.
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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.
RealClearEducation Podcast with Awais Sufi, President and CEO of SchoolSmartKC
In our twelfth episode, RealClearEducation editor Christopher Beach travels to Kansas City, Missouri, to talk with Awais Sufi, President and CEO of SchoolSmartKC, about the launch of his new education nonprofit dedicated to closing the achievement gap in Kansas City public schools.
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