Press Releases

$1 Million Competition Opens to Education Innovators Applicants for the Yass Prize will vie for 64 awards totaling more than $13 million   NEW YORK—On Thursday, March 23, 2023, the Yass Prize, in partnership with Forbes Media, will kick off this year’s search for the next $1M winner, in New York, New York. The launch […]

A Nationwide Network of Schools for Students With Autism Launches    PHOENIX, Ariz., January 25th, 2023 — Arizona Autism Charter Schools, Inc., a network of specialized charter schools serving neuro-diverse children and winner of the 2022 Yass Prize honoring transformational education, announced plans today to form The National Accelerator of Autism Charter Schools (NAACS), in partnership with the South

Eight other outstanding educators received $500,000 each to transform education for thousands of additional students The most innovative and impactful education providers in America were honored tonight at the New York Hilton in midtown Manhattan. Arizona Autism Charter Schools, the only public school for students with autism in Arizona and the first in the west

Each of 32 education innovators will receive $200,000 in STOP Awards as they vie for the million dollar prize NEW YORK – October 13, 2022 – Leaders from 32 of the nation’s most exceptional educational organizations in the nation across twenty states learned today they were semifinalists for this year’s prestigious Yass Prize for Sustainable,

STOP for Arizona Education Awards totalling $2 million given to six outstanding Arizona education providers to expand access so that families have additional innovative choices using Empowerment Scholarships   Phoenix, AZ – Governor Doug Ducey joined Janine Yass, founder of The Yass Prize, to unveil the winners of the STOP for Arizona Education Awards, which

PHOENIX, AZ — On Tuesday, October 4th at 12:30 MST in the Reading Room on the Third Floor of the Arizona Historic Capitol building, Governor Doug Ducey and Yass Prize Founder Janine Yass will announce the winners of the STOP for Arizona Education Awards which rewards six Arizona education providers who best articulated how they

Sixty-four diverse education entrepreneurs are inspiring students, families and communities around them DETROIT, MI – The 64 quarterfinalists for the 2022 $1 million Yass Prize for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding and Permissionless education were announced today at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Detroit, Michigan. The awardees, located in 33 states and the District of Columbia, represent eight different kinds of education

Award that celebrates transformational education will deliver more than $11 million to the nation’s most innovative educators WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 26, 2022 – After three months of national conferences, informational webinars, and conversations with thousands of prospective applicants, the 2022 Yass Prize and STOP Awards application window has closed. The prestigious $1 million Yass

Education providers who utilize new Empowerment Scholarships to give families innovative education choices will be honored. Washington, DC – In recognition of the recent groundbreaking legislation that expands Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts to all students, The Yass Prize founder, Janine Yass and her husband, Jeff, have announced new and additional STOP awards totaling $1 million