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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

The effort is led by one of the most celebrated leaders of the blended- and personalized-learning movement, California-based charter network Summit Public Schools. Summit partnered with Stanford’s Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity to develop the rubric for evaluating the cognitive skills in each grade.

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Switching sides in the teacher wars

The Hechinger Report

Along with her strong support for charter schools and the Common Core curriculum, Gist was convinced that great student outcomes could be directly tied to teaching excellence. In 2010, Gist’s department was awarded $75 million through an Obama administration Race to the Top grant to implement her reforms.