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

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

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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

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

When we originally applied, we simply provided supplemental support services to homeschooling families. Now, we are growing into an education network that provides community, coaching, and curriculum nationwide.

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