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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

I'm in the process of going through the construction of a 20,000 square foot $11.5 million dollar building dedicated to career and technical education for the students in the Philadelphia region.