Stories

Roadshow Recap: A Visit to Detroit Achievement Academy, 2023 Yass Prize finalist For over a decade, Detroit Achievement Academy School District, a 2023 Yass Prize Finalist, has been a trailblazer in education, driving innovation and change while nurturing students to become change-makers themselves. Serving students from kindergarten through eighth grade across the city, Detroit Prep […]

The School that Works: Cristo Rey, North Miami The 5th Stop on the Roadshow for Opportunity The newest high school in the Cristo Rey network, the North Miami work-study focussed, faith-based high school is giving students a college prep education and career experience that helps sustain their education.  The school, which began in 2022, serves

Filotimo! The School Where Honor and Education go Hand-in-Hand The Yass Prize Makes its 4th Stop at Award-Winning Greek Immersion School Our fourth STOP for Education on the Roadshow for Opportunity was an example of what’s possible when community leaders have the freedom to create their dream school. Odyssey Charter School is precisely that, and

Almost Heaven, Our Day in The Mountain State From Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Morgantown, West Virginia, we continue the Roadshow for Opportunity today at Odyssey Charter School in Wilmington, Delaware, the site of an innovative model that instills a love for and proficiency in the classics, language and democracy among a diverse array of underserved students.

Where Students Are Seen, Heard, Valued and Challenged In the capital city of Pennsylvania, Black pastors from across the state gathered to see and hear how to replicate an innovative model of learning. Behind all great learning environments is a superb leader – and the leader of this unique learning center happens to also be

V is for Valiant. Victory, too. “Great Day!” Head of School and Valiant Cross Academy (VCA) Co-founder Anthony Brock announced from the podium. “Great Day!”, the boys and guests assembled responded. Great Day, indeed. Even if we hadn’t gotten to know the Valiant Cross story, the people who began it and lead it… Even if