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Abstract

• Virtual learning and personalized learning have been at the forefront of education reform discussions for over a decade. Backed by almost $200 million philanthropic dollars from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, the Gates Foundation, and others, Summit Public Schools has aggressively marketed its Summit Learning Platform to schools across the United States since 2015. As a result, the Summit Learning Program is now one of the most prominent digital personalized learning programs in the United States. Its rapid spread—despite a lack of transparency and the absence of convincing evidence that it can deliver on its promises—provides a powerful example of how policymakers are challenged when faced with a well-financed and self-interested push for schools to adopt digital personalized learning programs. There is now an urgent need for policymakers to move quickly to protect the public interest by establishing oversight and accountability mechanisms related to digital platforms and personalized learning programs.

Creator

• Boninger, Faith
• Molnar, Alex
• Saldaña, Christopher

Date Issued

• 2020-06-25

Academic Affiliation

• National Education Policy Center

Subject

• Virtual Education
• School Commercialism
• Charter Schools
• Foundation Involvement in School Reform
• Privatization
• Computing, Technology, and Information Systems
• School Reform and Restructuring
• Market-Based School Reforms
• Corporate Involvement in School Reform

Publisher

• National Education Policy Center

Zuletzt geändert

• 2020-07-27

Resource Type

• Research Brief

Urheberrechts-Erklärung

• In Copyright

Peer Reviewed

• Yes

Language

• English [eng]

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC-ND Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

Beziehungen

In Collection:

• National Education Policy Center

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Miniaturansicht	Titel	Datum Hochgeladen	Sichtbarkeit	Aktionen
	RB_Summit.pdf	2020-07-24	Öffentlichkeit	Herunterladen
	RB_Appendix_A.pdf	2020-07-24	Öffentlichkeit	Herunterladen
	RB_Appendix_B.pdf	2020-07-24	Öffentlichkeit	Herunterladen
	RB_Appendix_C.pdf	2020-07-24	Öffentlichkeit	Herunterladen
	RB_Appendix_D.pdf	2020-07-24	Öffentlichkeit	Herunterladen
	RB_Appendix_E.pdf	2020-07-24	Öffentlichkeit	Herunterladen
	RB_Appendix_F.pdf	2020-07-24	Öffentlichkeit	Herunterladen
	RB_Appendix_G.pdf	2020-07-24	Öffentlichkeit	Herunterladen