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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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.