Founded more than a decade ago, Summit Prep became nationally known for its success in getting all its students through Advanced Placement classes and into college. But school leaders found that many of its graduates struggled in college without the mentoring and support they’d received at the small charter school in Redwood City, south of San Francisco.
“Graduates told us, ‘You guys loved us too much'” said Lizzie Choi, Summit’s chief program officer.
In 2012, with a goal of creating “self-directed learners,” Summit redesigned its two high schools and opened two new schools. The network now consists of eight middle and high schools in California and three in Washington state.
[For more on this story by JOANNE JACOBS, go to https://edsource.org/2018/char...ing-model-nationwide]
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