The Yass experience has given us “permission” to do exactly that.

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

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

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

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.

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.

And through that, we were able to open up our second campus in the city of Wichita.

It's given us an opportunity to start critical discussions with our congregations, parents, community leaders and members, about the laws that govern education in Pennsylvania.

Great education is a vital link for students to become successful citizens.

I don’t think I’ve been in a room as supportive as the Yass Prize Semifinalist room in Miami.