Melissa Tracy of Odyssey Charter School Named $1 Million Global Teacher Prize Finalist
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Media Coverage
The Yass Prize on The Laura Coates Show
Jeanne Allen joins Laura Coates on The Laura Coates show, SirisXM P.O.T.U.S. 124, to discuss the launch of the 2023 Yass Prize application portal.
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Janine Yass on Brian Kilmeade
Listen now, the Yass Prize founder Janine Yass joins Brian Kilmeade from FOX & Friends at 00:18:15 to discuss our search for the next education innovator to win the $1M Yass Prize & the future of American education!
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Teenage Student Builds Her Own House in UnCommon Contruction’s “Classroom”
17-year-old NOLA student builds her own house It’s a “classroom” called Uncommon Construction NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — This old house was built by a brand-new construction worker, 17-year-old Cydney Salvant. The high school senior designed the home from foundation to front door — a priceless blueprint and something she can call her own. The house
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Open Sky Education Creating National Microschool Network for All Income Levels
Friday Feature: Open Sky Education When it comes to education today, there are, increasingly, a wide variety of options available. The Friday Feature is evidence of this each week. But it’s pretty rare to find one organization that provides numerous options on its own. Open Sky Education does just that—with private Christian schools, charter schools,
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Rapunzl’s Financial Education Breaking the Cycle of Generational Poverty
Rapunzl Awarded $500,000 To Scale Financial Education, Break ‘Cycle Of Generational Poverty’ When Chicago-based investment-education program provider Rapunzl won the STOP Award at the annual Yass Prize competition, the company was acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading producers of education programs and given funds, $500,000, to continue it. “So many people view the world of investing and
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Education 10.0: Talking in Piazza with the 2022 Yass Prize Awardees
Leaders from across the country representing the brightest ideas in education innovation and entrepreneurship join Jeanne Allen ‘in Piazza,’ tackling how hi-tech solutions are driving students’ new, stronger financial literacy, who’s doing microschooling right, and how districts in the traditional system are innovating to lead in an unprecedented educational environment.
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Prichard Preparatory Provides An Affordable Option For All Families
Friday Feature: Prichard Preparatory School In 2005, Alabama pastor Dr. Ruby Eldridge founded Pure Word Academy (now Prichard Preparatory School) so children in her church could receive a high‐quality education that would help them escape poverty. “Miss Ruby,” as she was known, wanted to give parents an affordable option for a college‐prep school that was on par
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