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We reward providers delivering Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding & Permissionless education.

2021 STOP Award Finalist
Dallas Education Foundation
2021 STOP Award Finalist
Dallas Education Foundation

We reward providers delivering Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding & Permissionless education.

STOP Awards 2022

Applications are open for our second annual competition—with $10 million up for grabs, including the new $1 million Yass Prize.

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Meet Our 2021 STOP
Awardees

Twenty distinguished winners from 12 states—representing 300,000+ students served.
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What is a STOP Education?

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2021 STOP Award Finalist
Dallas Education Foundation
Founded by education advocate and philanthropist Janine Yass and her husband Jeff, the STOP Foundation 4 Education was formed to expand the scope and impact of education entrepreneurs who refuse to let the status quo undermine our children’s future.
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Why “STOP” For Education?

STOP is defined by four core principles—qualities that form the heart of the Foundation’s mission—because they have the power to drive educational change for every child.

The STOP Foundation 4 Education is dedicated to ensuring that more students have access to quality educational options.

Sustainable
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Are you involved with an innovative education provider delivering unique value and impact to learners? Submit your application by July 15th for the 2022 STOP Awards!
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2021
STOP Award
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2021 STOP Award Winners

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"Entrepreneurs are the engine of the innovation economy. The work this remarkable group has accomplished is not only inspirational but can be transformative for millions more students."

—Michael Moe,
Founder and CEO,
Global Silicon Valley

"There are so many heroes who responded to the Covid crisis in the education sector. You were focused on kids and families. You did what you had to do and we are so grateful for that. We created this award to honor your work and we knew if we built it you would come."

—Janine Yass,
Chair,
STOP Foundation 4 Education

"The chance to be part of this group is a big gust of wind in the sails of New Way Global. Being in this group has filled me with renewed hope and determination to push forward on big dreams for great education for the least served in our community and beyond."

—Allan Sherer,
Director,
New Way Global

"I'm deeply humbled and grateful to be part of this group. The last month has been a tremendous experience and I'm so inspired and motivated by the amazing work this group is doing. Collectively, we’re working towards a real-world goal and it’s leaving me empowered and motivated to apply what we learn."

—Jeffrey Imrich,
Co-Founder,
Rock by Rock

“The STOP Award shines an important light on the heroes of education who fought valiantly to serve students and were often overlooked or dismissed. It’s our commitment that their example is seen, learned about and replicated all over the nation.”

—Jeanne Allen,
Founder and CEO,
Center for Education Reform

"This group of innovators has the opportunity to show the world what is possible for kids, what doesn't yet exist for so many children who deserve the opportunity to be entrepreneurs and to shine as out of the box thinkers."

—Heather Bougeois,
Principal,
Louisiana Key Academy

"The special sauce of our schools is tutoring. We support our students and their ability to reach their full human potential through the use of tutoring. "

—Michael Duffy,
President,
Great Oaks Foundation

"The relationships kids develop at the Boys & Girls Clubs with their peers and the staff have a positive impact on their lives. Kids develop a sense of belonging, usefulness and competence. They get to find their strengths and their passions. Every child should have that opportunity."

—Michelle Malin,
Vice-President, Development,
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego

"What has been created here at the accelerator is truly incredible. We may never know how pivotal this really is for education in America right here, right now. This group of people will work together to force real change permissionlessly."

—Rob Blevins,
Executive Director,
Discovery Center of Springfield

"If you get to the accelerator after the application process, go in knowing you already won. The fact that you are now with a group of your peers you really get to see how world class the education profession is."

—Christopher Simmonds,
Principal,
CARE Elementary School

"The pandemic didn’t stop our families, scholars and educators from learning, growing and thriving."

—Patricia Brantley,
CEO,
Friendship Public Charter School

"Our STOP Award partnership with Forbes and CER has been one of the best things we’ve done in education over the past 25 years."

—Janine Yass,
Chair,
STOP Foundation 4 Education

“We are so inspired by the STOP Award participants, semi-finalists, and the courage, innovation and leadership of educators from across the country who have amplified the application of their brilliance to make the lives of their students better as they faced the daunting challenges of the pandemic."

—Mike Hoque,
CEO,
Hoque Global

"We see the Pulitzer prizes, we see the McArthur Genius Grants, we see the Pritzker prize for architecture. But for the one field that drives everything, education, there is no definitive prize. The Yass Prize has filled that vacuum -- it's more than just the money. It's about spurring ideas, it's about spurring innovation. We are very very proud to be a part of it."

—Randall Lane,
Editor,
Forbes

"It's about engaging families. It's helping families step into their power — making sure that the voices of families are really front and center in guiding solutions."

—Lakisha Young,
Co-Founder and CEO,
The Oakland REACH

"The challenge in education is the stakes are so high. It's one thing to have a product fail but failure to educate children has enormous consequences. One way to address this challenge is to think about innovation in a "fail fast" model where you learn very quickly what's working and what's not so you can iterate and improve quickly."

—Brian Smith,
Founder and CEO,
Catalyst Academy Charter School

"I am still processing the magnitude of this experience and so grateful for meeting each and everyone of you. I look forward to continuing our transformative work in our communities and together."

—Taylor Shead,
Board Member,
Dallas Education Foundation

"Humbled to be considered in such great company. We hope to create a shift in the education scene that really focuses on how to orient schools to the lived outcomes of our kids in the communities that they live in. Here's to abundance & great things for all of our kids."

—Stefin Pasternak,
Co-Founder,
Living School

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