SMART Study Group

The Santa Monica Academic Responsibility & Transformation [SMART] Study Group is a component of the Resilient Youth Foundation that is comprised of members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) community. The SMART Study Group aims to achieve academic equality between all races, ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds within SMMUSD schools.



Individual members of the SMART Study Group each contribute their own ideas and insight on how the district can make academic achievement proportional between students. The Chairs of the Study Group will then review each individual submission and discuss the aspects and potential effectiveness of each. After extensive dialogue, the SMART Study Group will publish a proposal, outlining a plan for how they recommend these problems of inequalities should be addressed & dealt with.

The SMART plan will propose and outline theoretical curriculum, administrative, and logistical changes within the district, and will advise the development of specific new programs.

The SMART Study Group's proposal will be distributed to the SMMUSD Board of Education, local politicians, city officials, and representatives, as well as other local school districts.

It is time to take responsibility. It is time to take action.

To join the SMART Study Group, or for more information, please contact:

smart@resilientyouth.org