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?

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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