Facebook Engineers Enroll in Summit Public Schools Project

The personalized learning initiative spurred by Summit Public Schools in California enjoyed a major technology boost from Facebook.

The personalized learning initiative spurred by Summit Public Schools in California enjoyed a major technology boost from Facebook.

Chief product officer Chris Cox discussed how the social network and the school system are collaborating in a Newsroom post, saying that “a small team” of Facebook engineers has been working with educators on the project.

Cox described Summit Public Schools’ approach as follows:

First, the classroom isn’t for lectures. Content and assessments are delivered online through teacher-created materials, and classroom time is reserved for teacher-led real-world projects and collaboration.

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