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

The Yass Prize has empowered our youth, families and community by bringing great visibility to our efforts.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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?

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