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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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?