SmartLabs, a new approach for collaborative learning by middle school students, will be in place at the start of the 2016-17 school year at Hart School in Homewood.
The District 153 School Board agreed March 21 to spend $348,000 on the program designed for sixth, seventh and eighth graders.
“I’ve never been so excited by anything we decided to do,” said Board President Shelly Marks. “It offers a whole new level of engagement.”
At Hart,…


