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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The funding is not following children. We're trying to make better options for kids, for poor kids, middle class kids. Wealthy people have this choice, they opt out of their systems easily, why shouldn't all children have that choice?

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.