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2022 The Yass Prize Winner AZ Autism Charter’s Diana Diaz-Harrison discusses innovations that fill the void with Michael Marrone of Liguori Academy, Bobby Lopez of Bob Hope School, Dr. Wayne Jones of Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship, & Kryszelda Mendoza of Aurora Science & Tech High
What is the 'secret sauce' of personalized learning? Mike Long of SailFuture discusses it with Erin Nealy of Bridgeway, Carlos R. Moreno of Big Picture Learning, Lisa Tarshis of Primer, and Mary Jo Fairhead of Onward.
Up next: 'Putting the Pop Back in Parent Power,' moderated by The Yass Prize alum Colleen Dippel of OptimaEd, featuring Patrick Landry of Notre Dame School of Milwaukee, Pamela Rogers of St. Mary’s Academy, 𝒟𝓇. 𝒯𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑜𝓇 𝐼𝓋𝑒𝓎, 𝒩𝐵𝒞𝒯 of Liberty STEAM Charter School, and Deborah Hendrix of Parents Challenge.
Now it’s time for the final morning panel focused Education as Career Preparation, moderated by The Yass Prize alum Mike Felton of St. George Municipal School Unit, featuring Chad Houser of Café Momentum Dallas, Jennifer Hurt of BridgeValley CTC, John Tuttle of Spark Academy, Brandon
Kicking off our afternoon panels with Transformational Tech, moderated by The Yass Prize alum Taylor AlexSandra Shead of Stemuli, with Edna Martinson of Boddle Learning, Adam @shortanswer of Short Answer, Christopher Marker of The Freedom Institute of Collier County, and Andrew Harris of NEAAAT!
What does it mean to STOP for education? Our final panel, moderated by The Yass Prize alum Patricia Brantley of Friendship PCS, explores this with Glennis Matthews of National Deaf Center, Lola Yglesias of Vimenti, Roblin Webb of Freedom Prep Academy Charter Schools, & Michael Gonzalez of Rural Schools
To close out the The Yass Prize Semifinalist event, we’re excited to announce the 2024 The Yass Prize finalists, each receiving a $500,000 STOP Award, along with our $1 million grand prize winner!
Our first Finalist is Boddle Learning! This game-based EdTech platform based in Tulsa, OK is revolutionizing personalized learning and making waves in education. boddlelearning.com
Our next Finalist is St. Mary's Academy! Based in New Orleans, it is one of the oldest African-American schools in the nation, founded to serve young women. smaneworleans.com
An incubator for innovative ideas in public education, our last finalist is Big Picture Learning of Providence, Rhode Island! bigpicture.org
With stagnation in US education, families need The Yass Prize innovators more than ever. “Students urgently need access to the innovative education models of #YassPrize awardees,” said Jeanne Allen, founder & CEO The Center for Education Reform, powering the #YassPrize since its inception.
“We never dreamed it would get so big so quickly,” said Janine Yass The Yass Prize. “Now it’s time for our innovators and collaborators to take their work together to the next level.” #YassPrize #EducationFreedom yassprize.org/updates/primer…
Spotlight on 2024 Finalist Boddle Learning, a trailblazer in interactive learning. Their mission? To make learning fun & engaging for students everywhere. With this award, they plan to expand their platform & reach even more classrooms. Congratulations, Edna Martinson!
How fitting that on the 237th birthday of the U.S. Constitution, we see the fruits of the National Constitution Center & Khan Academy’s work on their Constitution 101 course for high schools across America. This could not come at a better time, as the fundamental principles bequeathed to us
The Bill of Rights Institute is a #YassPrize Awardee that helps students examine the story of our country and exercise the skills of citizenship in a civil and real way. Check them out on this 237th birthday of the U.S. Constitution. #ConstitutionDay billofrightsinstitute.org
