A new program is taking an entrepreneurial approach to tackling the longstanding problem of education in Kansas City, Mo.
The Lean Lab at the Sprint Accelerator will announce six projects to help area schools Friday afternoon.
For the past four weeks, fellows at the Lean Lab have been cooking up practical, simple ideas to reinvigorate education in Kansas City.
For example, one fellow is working on a grading system that will use smartphones and tablets to help track students' progress assignment by assignment.
Fellow Cecilia Belser-Patton's project is a little more personal. She's developing a peer-mentoring program for young women of color called, "My Sister-Girl, Myself." It's based on her own experiences in similar groups.
"There's still a huge disparity between general population women and women of color," Belser-Patton said. "We find that the effects still ripple in our lives today."
School district officials will decide if they want to adopt these programs soon.
