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

It's given us an opportunity to start critical discussions with our congregations, parents, community leaders and members, about the laws that govern education in Pennsylvania.

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

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.

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

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.

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

we have to find academic experiences that represent neuro-divergent learners, kids who want to learn about gaming, who want to do stuff online, who dropped out of school.

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.