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December 2013
"Report: In Silicon Valley, 'successful' Schools Fail Poor and English Learning Students," The San Jose Mercury News, Dec. 9, 2013
"Charter Schools Following An Upward Trajectory," The News Tribune, Dec. 4, 2013
November 2013
"38 Elementary & Middle Schools Worth Visiting," Education Week, Nov. 27, 2013
"County Board Votes to Approve New Summit Charter School," San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 24, 2013
"Ed-Tech Startup Leads HarperCollins into 'Nascent' K-12 E-Book Market," Education Week, Nov. 19, 2013
"EdTech 10: The Good Stuff," Getting Smart, Nov. 16, 2013
"Contra Costa County School Board Approved Summit K2 Charter," Contra Costa Times, Nov. 14, 2013
"38 High Schools Worth Visiting," Getting Smart, Nov. 14, 2013
"Contra Costa Trustees To Vote on El Cerrito Charter School," Contra Costa Times, Nov. 12, 2012
October 2013
"Charter Schools Move Forward in Washington State," Education Week, Oct 24, 2013
"Charter Schools '3.0:' Would-be Founders Show Their Hand," Seattle Weekly News, October 22, 2013
"Group Takes First Step to Opening Charter Schools," San Francisco Chronicle, October 22, 2013
"Summit Public Schools and Green Dot Public Schools Applying to Come to Washington," Washington State Charter School Association, October 22, 2013
"Guest Opinion: Summit Public Schools Would Benefit West Contra Costa District," Contra Costa Times, October 3, 2013
September 2013
"Bay Area Educators Win Science Teaching Fellowships," San Jose Mercury News, September 30, 2013
"10 Promising Models & What it Means for Leaders," Getting Smart, September 24, 2013
"Ed. Companies Learn How to Make Gains With Data at EdNET," Education Week, September 24, 2013
"Blended Learning Gets MOOC'ed on Coursera," EdSruge, September 10, 2013
"Summit Denali: 12 Components of an NGLC Winning Design", Getting Smart, September 7, 2013
"10 Characteristics of Great School Cultures," Getting Smart, September 4, 2013
"Give Students Back their Agency," The Clayton Christensen Institute, September, 3, 2013
August 2013
"Not Your Father's Classroom: The Rise of Edtech," EdSruge, August 26, 2013
"How Frames, Plans, Platforms & PD Support Great Teaching," Getting Smart, August 24, 2013
"LA Unified Schools Top Lists of California's Best Charters," LA School Report, August 22, 2013
"Building College-Going Communities," Getting Smart, August 19, 2013
"Smart Lists: 40 Top Charter Networks & School Managers," Getting Smart, August 14, 2013
"New School: Two Apps That Let Teachers Remix Lessons Like DJs," Fast Company, August 14, 2013
"When Common Core Meets The Local Control Funding Formula," EdSurge, August 14, 2013
"Edtech 10: Superhero News Makers," Getting Smart, August 10, 2013
"California Charters Open Curriculum Platform to Other Schools," Education Week, August 8, 2013
"Activate Instruction: Free K-12 Online Common Core-Aligned Curriculum Tool," California Charter School Association, August 8, 2013
"Free Platform Provides Educator-Developed, Common Core-Aligned Curriculum," t.h.e. Journal, August 7, 2013
"Educators in High-Performing Schools Make Currulum Available at No Cost through Activate Instruction," The San Francisco Chronicle, August 7, 2013
"Activate Instruction Puts Students in the Driver's Seat," EdSurge, August 6, 2013
"Educators in High-Performing Schools Make Curriculum Available at No Cost through Activate Instruction," Digital Journal, August 7, 2013
"PRESS KIT: Educators in High-Performing Schools Make Curriculum Available at No Cost thought Activate Instruction," Activate Instruction, August 7, 2013
July 2013
"Silicon Valley Charter Nonprofit Eyes Secondary School in West Contra Costa," Mercury News, July 11, 2013
"Charter School Chases Elusive Formula for Education Reform," IVN - Charlotte Dean, July 11, 2013
June 2013
"News Corp. Introduces a New Kind of Interactivity to the Classroom," FastCompany, June 17, 2013
"A Good Year for Technology in the Classroom," Association for Continuing Education, June 14, 2013
"Summit Denali: Engaging Student-Centered High School Model," Education Week, June 13, 2013
"Finding a Path to Success," The Daily Journal, June 10, 2013
"Will Education Technology Finally Live Up To Its Potential?," AVNetwork, June 3, 2013
"Good Work: Iterating & Innovating at Scale," Getting Smart, June 1, 2013
May 2013
"Disparities in Education Can Crush Aspiration in Heart of Silicon Valley," EdSourse, May 29, 2013
"In Silicon Valley, Even High Achieving Schools Fail Latinos, report say" San Jose Mercury News, May 29, 2013
"Millions and Millions of Great Teachers Needed: How Will We Meet this Need?," NewSchool Venture Fund Summit, May 15, 2013
"Learning Optimized," Education Next, May 13, 2013
"Fighting For Justice In All Corners of the Word," USC News, May 13, 2013 (Alumni Story)
"2013Keynote Speaker Bill Gates Interviews Diane Tavenner, CEO of Summit PublicSchools," SXSWedu, May 12, 2013
"Peninsula High Schools Rank High in U.S.," Halfmoon Bay Patch, May 7, 2013
"'Blended learning' win win situation: Column," USA Today, May 5, 2013
April 2013
"Unit 3: Expert Panel with Mira Browne, Jon Deane, Jeremy Macdonald, & Rebecca McLelland- Crawley," Digital Learning Transition MOOC-Ed, April 29, 2013
"Bill Gates on Education: We Can Make Massive Strides," FastCompany, April 15, 2013
"Which Way for K12 Blended Learning? (Part 2: Rainbows, Unicorns, and EdTech)," EdSurge, April 10, 2013
"Why Blended Learning Can't Stand Still: Executive Summary," Lexington Institute, April 5, 2013
March 2013
"Adventures in Playlisting," Blend My Learning, March 29, 2013
"The 'Lean Startup' Model Goes To School," EdSurge, March 26, 2013
"Placing Students at the Heart of Innovation," Blend My Learning, March 18, 2013
"A Bold New Math Class," ASCD: Educational Leadership, March 15, 2013
"What a Startup and a School Have in Common," EdSurge, March 13, 2013
"Bill Gates Gives SXSW Education Conference Keynote, Cites $9 Billion "Tipping Point" in Digital Learning," Fast Company, March 6, 2013
February 2013
"What Happens When You Cross a School and a Startup," EdSurge, February 26, 2013
"Which Way for K12 Blended Learning? (Part 1: Boarding the Mayflower)," Blend My Learning, February 12, 2013
January 2013
"Silicon Schools Fund Invests $1.7Million to Expand Blended Learning in Bay Area Schools," Silicon Schools Fund, January 23, 2013
"Next-Gen Model Break New Ground, Promote System Redesign," Getting Smart, January 19, 2013
"Next-Gen Learning Models Blend Tech & Experiences," Education Week, January 17, 2013
"Next-Gen Models Attack Problems, Leverage Opportunities," Getting Smart, January 17, 2013
"Building Motivation, Instilling Grit: The Necessity of Mastery-Based, Digital Learning," Forbes, January 10, 2013
"The Next Generation of (Personalized) Learning," The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, January 4, 2013
"Summit San Jose – Technology Remaking and Personalizing Education," Association for Continuing Education, January 3, 2013
December 2012
"It's About Self-directed Learning," Blend My Learning, December 18, 2012
Diane Tavenner – Lean Start Up Conference 2012, The Lean Start Up Conference, December 17, 2012
November 2012
"Embarking on Year Two: Moving Beyond Blended Learning," Blend My Learning, November 27, 2012
"How Teachers Mix Online Math with Classroom Instruction," NPR's KQED Mind/Shift, November 14, 2012
"Is the Technology 'Ready" for Blended Learning?," Forbes, November 8, 2012
October 2012
"Blended Learning Models Generating Lessons Learned," Education Week, October 23, 2012
"Creative Cluster: Silicon Valley," Education Week, October 22, 2012
"Gap family invests in fund to launch 25 local schools," San Francisco Chronicle, October 15, 2012
"Blended Learning – Moving from new programs to new paradigms," Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, October 2, 2012
"The Learning Design Opportunity of Our Time," Getting Smart, October 2, 2012
September 2012
"Diane Tavenner: Moving beyond blended learning to optimized schools," Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, September 6, 2012
"Reflections From Two Years of Khan Academy in the Classroom," Huffington Post, September 27, 2012
"Blended Learning in Practice: Case Study from Leading School," Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, September 2012
"Blended Learning: Iterating Toward Better Learning At Scale," Education Week, September 20, 2012
March - August 2012
"DIY: Management Chops," Education Week, August 27, 2012
"Partnership Allows Schools, Business to Grow Ideas," San Mateo Daily Journal, March 26, 2012
2009 - 2011
"Charter Schools Receive Meg(a) Bucks," San Jose Insider, September 21, 2011
"Meg Whitman Drops $5 million on Silicon Valley charter schools," San Francisco Chronicle, September 20, 2011
"Summit Prep Ranked Top 10 Most Transformative School in the Nation," Redwood City Patch, June 21, 2011
"Ten Miracle High Schools," Newsweek, June 21, 2011
"State Board Backs Everest Charter," The Almanac Online, March 18, 2009
