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Common Sense Goes to Washington...
Feb 14, 2023
| Yass Prize staff

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Sailing to the Future…
Feb 2, 2023
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Doing What It Takes for Opportunity Youth in Cleveland, OH
Apr 25, 2023
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Nov 12, 2024
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Education Innovators to Nation’s New Leaders: Give Us the Power to Fix Education

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Oct 30, 2024
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Trade-related Awardees of the Yass Prize

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Sep 12, 2024
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Primer Microschools is named 2024 Yass Prize Winner

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Media Coverage
Jun 13, 2024
| Taylor Shead
Can A Video Game Change Your Career Trajectory?

Media Coverage
Jun 12, 2024
| Rev. Joshua C. Robertson
Gov. Shapiro, we must invest in educational freedom

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Jun 10, 2024
| Audrey Henvey
Stemuli’s Stratospheric Rise

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Jun 7, 2024
| Nicole Ault
An Alabama School Runs on Faith, Family and Fatherhood

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May 30, 2024
| Alena Radziukevich
Stemuli wins the AI for Good Innovation Factory Grand Finale 2024

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May 20, 2024
| Diana Diaz-Harrison
K-12 Entrepreneurs Leave Nothing To Chance With Career Readiness

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May 1, 2024
| J.M. BANKS
Importance of Black male teachers drives Kansas City activist

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May 1, 2024
| Yass Prize staff
Roadshow Recap: A Visit to Detroit Achievement Academy, 2023 Yass Prize finalist

Media Coverage
Apr 9, 2024
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NBC travels to NOLA and features unCommon Construction

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Apr 8, 2024
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West Virginia Academy prepares to shine during Open House

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Apr 6, 2024
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Joe Connor: Preparing Alabama families for ESAs

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Mar 28, 2024
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St. George MSU to construct first-of-its-kind career and technical center

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Mar 27, 2024
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LUMIN Schools Receives Grant Valued at $100,000 to Fund VR Career Exploration

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Mar 23, 2024
| Jules Walkup
St. George Leading in CTE

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Mar 22, 2024
| Joyce M. Davis
Black Pastors United in the News!

Media Coverage
Mar 8, 2024
| Alyssa Thurlow
CTE Center Gets $1 Million Federal Grant

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Mar 7, 2024
| Yass Prize staff
AZ Autism Charter Scores State Award

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Mar 6, 2024
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$1 Million Secured by Pingree for St. George CTE

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Feb 18, 2024
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A New Dawn in the Delta: From Personal Resurgence to National Recognition

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Feb 17, 2024
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Morgantown charter school plans new facility in the Cheat Lake area

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Feb 16, 2024
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A Maine Lobster Town Sees Its Future in Shop Class

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Feb 14, 2024
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Roadshow for Opportunity: Cristo Rey Network

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Feb 13, 2024
| Yass Prize staff
Pastor’s rocky road through school spurs interest in education options: Trailblazers & Trendsetters

Press Releases
Feb 12, 2024
| Yass Prize staff
The Cristo Rey Network to Host National Education Leaders & Lawmakers

Media Coverage
Feb 8, 2024
| Jarek Rutz
Odyssey celebrates Greek program, $500,000 national award

Media Coverage
Feb 8, 2024
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Odyssey Charter School Earns Coveted Yass Award for Innovative Blend of Hellenic Education and Ai Technology

Stories
Feb 7, 2024
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Roadshow for Opportunity: Odyssey Charter

Media Coverage
Feb 7, 2024
| Yass Prize staff
A school for tomorrow in Prince George's County today

Stories
Feb 6, 2024
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Roadshow for Opportunity: A Heaven of Education Opportunity...

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Feb 5, 2024
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Odyssey Charter hosts Oli Mazi (Together We Stand) celebration - with serious talk as well

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Feb 5, 2024
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Celebration, education panel discussion at Odyssey Charter School

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Feb 5, 2024
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Odyssey Charter Welcomes National Education Leaders in Wilmington, DE

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Feb 4, 2024
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West Virginia charter schools making a national mark

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Feb 2, 2024
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Head of Valiant Cross Academy speaks out on youth gun violence

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Feb 2, 2024
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A group of pastors united to give struggling students a leg up: 'This need is tremendous'

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Feb 2, 2024
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West Virginia Academy Wins $500,000 Yass Prize for Education Innovation and Announces Future Expansion Plans

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Feb 2, 2024
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Star pupil: W.Va. Academy gets a visit from the Yass Prize, which awarded it $500K in December

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Feb 2, 2024
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Arizona’s Students Crush Academic Records With Innovative School Choice Options

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Feb 2, 2024
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West Virginia Academy receives visit from Yass Prize group

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Feb 2, 2024
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West Virginia Academy to Host National Education Leaders

Stories
Feb 2, 2024
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Roadshow for Opportunity: On the Ground with Black Pastors United

Press Releases
Jan 25, 2024
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Black Pastors United for Education Host National Education Leaders

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Jan 19, 2024
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Roadshow for Opportunity: Valiant Cross Academy

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Jan 18, 2024
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BREAKING: Nationwide Education Competition Launches for 2024

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Jan 16, 2024
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National Roadshow Begins at Valiant Cross Academy

Media Coverage
Jan 16, 2024
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Harrisburg-based pastors group wins $500K award as Yass Prize finalist
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Jan 15, 2024
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School’s first QuestBridge National Scholarship recipient

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Jan 10, 2024
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A School Where Students Love Themselves and Succeed Academically

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Jan 2, 2024
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Lifeline scholarships provide hope to students in failing public schools

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Dec 22, 2023
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‘TWAS THE NIGHT OF THE YASS PRIZE!

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Dec 19, 2023
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Odyssey Charter wins $500,000 in national competition

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Dec 19, 2023
| Yass Prize staff
Pennsylvania philanthropists give millions in 'education innovation' awards

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Dec 16, 2023
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West Virginia Academy will use its $500K Yass Prize to extend its mission in the Mountain State
Yass brought us together, creating opportunities to create an educational universe within which we can look at education differently…
we have to find academic experiences that represent neuro-divergent learners, kids who want to learn about gaming, who want to do stuff online, who dropped out of school.
The Yass Prize has brought together such diverse leaders
from all different demographics, all different states, all different service provider types that you can learn from.
In a state where alternative education is often overlooked, the Yass community helps us shine.
The Yass Prize has empowered our youth, families and community by bringing great visibility to our efforts.
The Yass Prize is truly changing the landscape of education options across the nation,
and I couldn't be more grateful for what it's done for us, and helping us serve more students and families.
I’m dreaming bigger, bolder, and more bodacious [because of the Yass Prize].
It has helped me raise the ceiling on what’s possible.
Because of the Yass Prize, we were able to add an additional pre-K classroom.
We have a tremendously transformative model that could stand for a little disruption.
The Yass experience has given us “permission” to do exactly that.
One of the missions of the Yass Prize and the Yass Prize movement is really surfacing best practices in innovation—
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.
There is absolutely zero downside to being a part of this network by submitting your application and what you will encounter is unlike any other grant.
It's actually mind blowing. I really see myself as an education entrepreneur, but this expanded me.
The foundation of any society is a good education.
When we follow the money, it’s ludicrous how this country is getting away with funding education.
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?
Being a part of the [Yass] family confirmed that what I'm doing is right,
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.
The Yass Prize process has created an awareness of the education freedom movement within churches and communities.
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.
Being a part of this experience has amplified the access we can give to our students in a way that nothing has, and the access is just critical.
The Yass Prize is almost like Burning Man for education reform.
Having the status of Yass Prize Semifinalist has opened doors that we’ve been knocking on for years,
including public recognition from our Governor and partnership conversations with other education innovators from around the country.
The Yass Prize has significantly impacted the trajectory of our organization.
When we originally applied, we simply provided supplemental support services to homeschooling families. Now, we are growing into an education network that provides community, coaching, and curriculum nationwide.
The Yass Prize is centered around ensuring that this [program] provides you a stepping stone...
We don’t want you to rinse, wash, repeat. We want you to build and sustain.
Our newest endeavor – that was part of our Yass Prize initiative – we're bringing career and technical education into the school
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.
Education is one of the most fundamental pillars for democratizing opportunities for success that we have in our society.
It’s thanks to organizations like the Yass Prize that our children are going to have a better tomorrow.
Being a part of the [Yass] family confirmed that what I'm doing is right,
focusing on what we know is important for kids really works, and having a network of people now that also agree was super huge.
Believe in your mission… Ground yourself… Never give up…
Everyone knows that without great education, our nation suffers.
Great education is a vital link for students to become successful citizens.
It might be the first time you’re speaking where everyone is actually listening and cares about what you’re doing.
I don’t think I’ve been in a room as supportive as the Yass Prize Semifinalist room in Miami.
The Yass Award is about celebrating and rewarding those who make students the priority.”
I'm a Yass Prize finalist from last year.
And through that, we were able to open up our second campus in the city of Wichita.
If you're committed to wanting to be one of the change makers of the future in education, I believe that this is a place for you.
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.
We used the Yass Prize to launch a program called Skypod catalyst, which is essentially an accelerator to help other people start microschools.
We believe very much that microschools should be bottoms up, they come from the community. They're founded by educators who know their community really well. And they want to design a learning environment for the kids in that community.