Summit Public Schools (Charter school operator)
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| Headquarters | Redwood City, California |
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| Services | Charter school management |
| Website | www |
| 11 schools (2017) | |
Summit Public Schools is a charter management organization (CMO) that operates eleven schools, eight in the San Francisco Bay Area and three in Washington. The headquarters is located in Redwood City, California.
Summit is the recipient of a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.[1]
Schools[edit]
- Summit Preparatory Charter High School in Redwood City, CA
- Everest Public High School in Redwood City, CA
- Summit Tahoma in South San Jose, CA
- Summit K2 in El Cerrito, CA
- Summit Shasta in Daly City, CA
- Summit Tamalpais in Richmond, CA
- Summit Olympus in Tacoma, WA
- Summit Sierra in Seattle, WA
- Summit Atlas in West Seattle, WA
Prior schools included Summit Rainier in East San Jose, CA (closed in June 2020) and Summit Denali in Sunnyvale, CA (closed in June 2023).
Summit Learning[edit]
The pedagogy employed at Summit schools, dubbed "Summit Learning," is a personalized, project-based learning (PBL) curriculum that puts students "in charge" of their own learning.[2][3][4]
Courses are built around projects done at students' own paces instead of traditional coursework modules, and teachers focus their energy on tutoring individual students as many grading functions are automated.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Summit Public Schools". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "Summit Olympus is Placing Learning in Students' Hands | Getting Smart Podcast". Gettingsmart.com. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ "Mark Zuckerberg and his plan for a personalized learning revolution | News". Tes.com. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ "Inside Silicon Valley's Big-Money Push to Remake American Education". Motherjones.com. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- ^ McDermott, John (August–September 2017). "The flaw of averages". 1843 Magazine. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
Further reading[edit]
- Kridel, Tim (June 3, 2013). "Will Education Technology Finally Live Up to Its Potential?". Retrieved June 5, 2013.
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