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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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