including public recognition from our Governor and partnership conversations with other education innovators from around the country.

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

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.

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

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

Not only because of the capital, but because of the knowledge that comes by communing with the diverse group of people as opposed to everybody that thinks the exact same way that you might think.

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

and I couldn't be more grateful for what it's done for us, and helping us serve more students and families.