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Arizona Autism Charter Schools Receives Million-Dollar Yass Prize Arizona Autism Charter Schools (AZACS), the only public school for students with autism in Arizona and the first in the west specifically designed to serve neuro-divergent learners, won the $1 million Yass Prize, education’s largest and most prestigious award. Yass Prize honored the recipients of its awards […]

Northern Cass School District wins $500,000 for education innovation The Northern Cass School District, based in Hunter, North Dakota, was a finalist for the $1 million Yass Prize award. HUNTER, N.D. — The Northern Cass School District has received national acclaim and a half-million dollars for being one of America’s most innovative and effective education

Capital Prep Schools Serving Students From Harlem To Hartford Win Big Capital Preparatory Schools, is a growing family of college-prep charter schools serving historically disadvantaged students in the Bronx, and in Harlem opened with P. Diddy. This includes Bridgeport, Conn., and Hartford, which has won national recognition as one of America’s most innovative and effective

WHAT: Eric L. Adams, 110th Mayor of New York City, will be among the presenters tonight, December 14th, when the 2022 Yass Prize for Transformational Education is presented at the New York Hilton. The Yass Prize, given annually to the country’s most effective education innovator, carries with it a $1 million award. The 2022 competition

It’s part science lab and part classroom, but really, just another day at school for Joseph Gurrola, or “JoJo” as his friends call him! “We learn about liquids, solids, and gasses,” JoJo says. “So you’re learning a lot of big stuff here?” ABC15’s Nick Ciletti asked. “Yes,” JoJo replies. But the learning certainly doesn’t stop

Sue McPherson’s middle school Farm to Fork studio is showing Northern Cass learners careers and opportunities in agriculture, as well as all the ways agriculture touches their lives. The studio is part of Northern Cass’s approach to personalized learning and a way to prepare them for their lives after school.   HUNTER, N.D. — When

DALLAS, Texas (KOSA) – The Young Women’s Leadership Academy in Midland is part of the Dallas-based Young Women’s Preparatory Network. The YWPN is one of the 32 semi-finalists for the $1 Million Dollar Yass prize, given to schools that have sustainable, transformational, and outstanding permissionless education. The Preparatory Network was selected from a field of

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) – Leaders, entrepreneurs, and stakeholders gathered for the first-ever “1Philadelphia” Innovation weekend this weekend, which was a culmination of several events to celebrate those working to build an equitable tech ecosystem in the city. 1Philadelphia is a fairly new initiative spearheaded by leaders of the local nonprofit Coded by Kids, which started in

Online schooling has existed for over three decades, but the COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new phase of remote, innovative forms of learning for students. One Newton resident’s business, KaiPod Learning, disrupts the traditional online learning model, offering in-person spaces for online and homeschooled students to do their work and receive help from learning