The Yass Prize is almost like Burning Man for education reform.

in innovators who are doing this type of transformational work, so that others can learn from it and replicate it, so that you can actually grow yourselves.

The Yass Prize has empowered our youth, families and community by bringing great visibility to our efforts.

We believe very much that microschools should be bottoms up, they come from the community. They're founded by educators who know their community really well. And they want to design a learning environment for the kids in that community.

from all different demographics, all different states, all different service provider types that you can learn from.

It’s thanks to organizations like the Yass Prize that our children are going to have a better tomorrow.

It's actually mind blowing. I really see myself as an education entrepreneur, but this expanded me.

we have to find academic experiences that represent neuro-divergent learners, kids who want to learn about gaming, who want to do stuff online, who dropped out of school.

We don’t want you to rinse, wash, repeat. We want you to build and sustain.

It has helped me raise the ceiling on what’s possible.

going against the common core and focusing on what we know is important for kids really works, and having a network of people now that also agree was super huge.