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Summit Public Schools (Public Charter Network)

http://www.summitps.org/

Last activity: 01.11.2023

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Summit Public Schools is a leading charter public school network building a world where every student is equipped to lead a fulfilled life — one with purpose, financial independence, community, strong relationships, and health. Summit’s mission is to prepare a diverse student population for success in a four-year college or university and to be thoughtful, contributing members of society. It operates 14 public schools that serve diverse communities throughout California and Washington, offering project-based learning through a personalized approach and 1:1 mentorship. Further, Summit leverages its work to have a broader impact on public education in America. Summit schools are consistently ranked among the best in the nation. Summit students graduate prepared for college and its graduates complete college at nearly double the national average. According to a recent report, a vast majority of Summit alumni say that they’re leading fulfilled lives. To learn more, please visit www.summitps.org.

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Location: United States, California, Redwood City

Employees: 201-500

Phone: +1 650-257-9880

Founded date: 2003

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18.10.2016	AltSchool Announces 2017 Partner Schools, Gives Insight Into...	AltSchool, a San Francisco-based startup, raised $100 million on the backs of “microschools.” Now, i...	edsurge.co...
30.09.2016	How Transcend Education Partners with School Leaders to Buil...	This profile is part of an EdSurge Research Guide about school redesign and the landscape of service...	edsurge.co...
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26.05.2016	Lindsay Unified Joins the Growing Number of Schools Franchis...	There is no clear path to designing a ground breaking personalized learning school. Some leaders beg...	edsurge.co...
26.03.2016	Deeper Learning Demands Deeper Leading—and Technology Can He...	Knowledgeable. Versatile. Creative. Engaged. Being college- and career-ready is no simple task. It’...	edsurge.co...
19.02.2016	Why Education Needs More Healthy Skeptics and Diehard Optimi...	Interested in hearing the full interview? Check it out on the EdSurge podcast. Stanford professor a...	edsurge.co...
28.10.2015	How Teachers Can Run Classrooms Like ‘Lean Startups’	See if this problem-solving technique sounds familiar: form a hypothesis, design an experiment, meas...	edsurge.co...
06.10.2015	The Six Hats a Personalized Learning Leader Needs to Wear	Summit Public Schools CEO Diane Tavenner has been described as transformative, innovative, and entre...	edsurge.co...
13.08.2015	When Schools Create Their Own Edtech Tools: The Story Behind...	Across the country, schools want students to focus more on learning concrete skills than abstract co...	edsurge.co...
03.08.2015	Blended Learning Leaders Are Over the Honeymoon—and Rolling ...	This summer, I spoke to leaders at six public charter school networks who are now wily veterans in t...	edsurge.co...
06.08.2014	How Summit Makes Friends by Challenging the Traditional Edte...	For charter schools, there are a couple ways to grow. Some open up more sites or franchise their mod...	edsurge.co...
24.06.2014	Silicon Valley and the Edtech Revolution	Silicon Valley holds a certain mystique among entrepreneurs and investors. Here, more cool technolog...	edsurge.co...
01.06.2014	A Peek Inside Summit’s Personalized Learning Software	Over the last three years, Summit Public Schools, a network of charter public high schools in northe...	edsurge.co...
21.05.2014	The Scorecard on Blended Learning	In the last two years, the U.S. Department of Education has awarded $383 million in Race to the Top ...	edsurge.co...
03.02.2014	Getting Ready To Go Blended In North Texas	One of Texas’ largest charter networks, Uplift Education--with 28 K-12 schools in the Dallas-Fort Wo...	edsurge.co...
10.09.2013	Blended Learning Gets MOOC’ed on Coursera	Silicon Schools Fund CEO Brian Greenberg believes that blended learning is about “reconceiving the r...	edsurge.co...
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26.03.2013	The ‘Lean Startup’ Model Goes To School	Fail quickly. Fix quicker. If you’re an entrepreneur that mantra might sounds familiar, if you’re a ...	edsurge.co...
13.03.2013	What a Startup and a School Have in Common	A couple of weeks ago we posed the question, What Happens When You Cross a School and a Startup? Voi...	edsurge.co...
26.02.2013	What Happens When You Cross a School and a Startup?	Everywhere we go in the ed tech community, whether at a meetup or in a blog post, people are asking ...	edsurge.co...