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

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

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

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 Yass Prize is almost like Burning Man for education reform.

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.

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.

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

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

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?