Summit Public Schools (Charter school operator)

Summit Public Schools
HeadquartersRedwood City, California
ServicesCharter school management
Websitewww.summitps.org
11 schools (2017)

Summit Public Schools is a charter management organization (CMO) that operates seven schools, five in the San Francisco Bay Area and two 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

Prior schools included Summit Rainier in East San Jose, CA (closed in June 2020), Summit Denali in Sunnyvale, CA (closed in June 2023), Everest Public High School in Redwood City, CA (closed in June 2025), and Summit Olympus in Tacoma, WA (closed in June 2025).

Summit Learning

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

  1. ^ "Summit Public Schools". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "Summit Olympus is Placing Learning in Students' Hands | Getting Smart Podcast". Gettingsmart.com. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "Mark Zuckerberg and his plan for a personalized learning revolution | News". Tes.com. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "Inside Silicon Valley's Big-Money Push to Remake American Education". Motherjones.com. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  5. ^ McDermott, John (August–September 2017). "The flaw of averages". 1843 Magazine. Retrieved November 27, 2017.

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