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Meet #Texas-based 2024 #YassPrize Finalist, Rural Schools Innovation Zone! Their mission? Equip rural students with workforce-aligned training, apprenticeships, & industry certifications. Inspired by their success, TX lawmakers even passed the 2023 Rural Pathway Excellence

Meet #Texas-based 2024 #YassPrize Finalist, Rural Schools Innovation Zone! Their mission? Equip rural students with workforce-aligned training, apprenticeships, & industry certifications. 

Inspired by their success, TX lawmakers even passed the 2023 Rural Pathway Excellence
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Sustainable. Transformational. Outstanding. Permissionless. Excellent content from 2024 #YassPrize Semifinalist, The Learning Center for the Deaf! Check out their remarkable journey and inspiring win here: youtube.com/watch?v=qgYXGO…

Sustainable. Transformational. Outstanding. Permissionless. 

Excellent content from 2024 #YassPrize Semifinalist, The Learning Center for the Deaf! Check out their remarkable journey and inspiring win here: youtube.com/watch?v=qgYXGO…
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Ending the week on a high note: Primer, the 2024 The Yass Prize Grand Prize winner, is poised to elevate the microschool movement! With $1M, they’ll expand their innovative, individualized education model, making high-quality learning more accessible. Congrats on embodying STOP

Ending the week on a high note: <a href="/Primer/">Primer</a>, the 2024 <a href="/YassPrize/">The Yass Prize</a> Grand Prize winner, is poised to elevate the microschool movement! With $1M, they’ll expand their innovative, individualized education model, making high-quality learning more accessible. Congrats on embodying STOP
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Hot off the press! unCommonConstruction featured in LABI's 5th & Main Magazine. As a 2022 #YassPrize Finalist, they’ve empowered 400+ apprentices, earned $400K+ in wages/scholarships, and expanded to Minneapolis. Leading the way in work-based learning, Aaron Frumin!

Hot off the press! <a href="/uCCNOLA/">unCommonConstruction</a> featured in <a href="/LABI_biz/">LABI</a>'s 5th &amp; Main Magazine. As a 2022 #YassPrize Finalist, they’ve empowered 400+ apprentices, earned $400K+ in wages/scholarships, and expanded to Minneapolis. 

Leading the way in work-based learning, <a href="/AaronFrumin/">Aaron Frumin</a>!
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2022 #YassPrize Finalist Northern Cass is redefining education with proficiency-based grading! Focusing on skill mastery, they provide a clearer picture of student growth. See how they’re leading personalized learning via Education Week: edweek.org/teaching-learn…

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We are always excited to see innovative education models such as Opportunity Central in #Dallas. Workplace learning is also prominent at another Dallas institution, Café Momentum, one of the many groundbreaking 2024 #YassPrize Semifinalists. Hope TODAY visits them, too!

We are always excited to see innovative education models such as <a href="/OpportunityCen1/">Opportunity Central</a> in #Dallas. Workplace learning is also prominent at another Dallas institution, <a href="/cafemomentum/">Café Momentum</a>, one of the many groundbreaking 2024 #YassPrize Semifinalists. Hope <a href="/TODAYshow/">TODAY</a> visits them, too!
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2023 #YassPrize Finalist Pastor Joshua Robertson quoted in Forbes by patrickmgleason on Walz's claim that #SchoolChoice defunds public ed, calling it a “gross misinterpretation of ESAs & vouchers," emphasizing, “Black families don’t want to harm our public schools financially.

2023 #YassPrize Finalist Pastor Joshua Robertson quoted in <a href="/Forbes/">Forbes</a> by <a href="/patrickmgleason/">patrickmgleason</a> on Walz's claim that #SchoolChoice defunds public ed, calling it a “gross misinterpretation of ESAs &amp; vouchers," emphasizing, “Black families don’t want to harm our public schools financially.
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We're thrilled to see WashUBrownSchool's Jason Jabbari studying how Cristo Rey Network’s Corporate Work Study Program impacts long-term outcomes for low-income students. As a 2023 #YassPrize Finalist, Cristo Rey is advancing economic mobility and racial equity. source.washu.edu/2024/09/brown-…

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Congratulations to Oakmont Education, which, together with Kim Reynolds, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of Great Oaks High School & Career Center in #DesMoines. An exciting milestone as Oakmont expands its dropout recovery charter school network model into

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.Cris GW first met Kim Reynolds at the Republican Governors Association convening in Washington, D.C., in January 2023. Just twenty months later, Great Oaks High School is now a reality, serving the students who need it most in #Iowa.

.<a href="/cristina_gw/">Cris GW</a> first met <a href="/KimReynoldsIA/">Kim Reynolds</a> at the Republican Governors Association convening in Washington, D.C., in January 2023. Just twenty months later, Great Oaks High School is now a reality, serving the students who need it most in #Iowa.
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Oakmont Education’s Great Oaks High School and Career Center, with the support of a #YassPrize alumni grant, will provide high school students access to eight CTE pathways while continuing to focus on individualized hands-on learning and skills-based job training.

Oakmont Education’s Great Oaks High School and Career Center, with the support of a #YassPrize alumni grant, will provide high school students access to eight CTE pathways while continuing to focus on individualized hands-on learning and skills-based job training.
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An exciting day for Oakmont Education opening Great Oaks High School in Des Moines! Another great public charter school option for Central lowa parents who want to explore education opportunities for their children.

An exciting day for <a href="/oakmontedu/">Oakmont Education</a> opening Great Oaks High School in Des Moines!

Another great public charter school option for Central lowa parents who want to explore education opportunities for their children.
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"Serve current needs while positioning for future relevance." Powerful insights from Salman Khan on AI's transformational potential in education at the #YassPrize Accelerator kick-off for our 2024 awardees. Thank you for joining us!

"Serve current needs while positioning for future relevance."  

Powerful insights from <a href="/salkhanacademy/">Salman Khan</a> on AI's transformational potential in education at the #YassPrize Accelerator kick-off for our 2024 awardees. 

Thank you for joining us!
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“Whatever your journey has been like to this point, your enrollment at Great Oaks shows that you've already passed that all-important test. You have unique talents and a very bright future.” - Kim Reynolds What a fantastic way to end the week. Congratulations to Oakmont Education,

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Kudos to Santa Clara Univ for pledging to meet 100% of financial needs for Cal Grant recipients & Cristo Rey graduates, making higher education more accessible for all. A huge congratulations to Cristo Rey Network, a 2023 #YassPrize Finalist, on this incredible opportunity!

Kudos to <a href="/SantaClaraUniv/">Santa Clara Univ</a> for pledging to meet 100% of financial needs for Cal Grant recipients &amp; Cristo Rey graduates, making higher education more accessible for all. A huge congratulations to <a href="/CristoRey/">Cristo Rey Network</a>, a 2023 #YassPrize Finalist, on this incredible opportunity!
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Exciting things happening in Central City, New Orleans! Students from New Harmony High are gaining valuable hands-on construction skills while earning school credit and pay, thanks to 2022 #YassPrize Finalist unCommonConstruction & Aaron Frumin. Check them out: wwltv.com/article/news/l…

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Congratulations to ClassBank | Digital Classroom Economy, a 2022 #YassPrize Quarterfinalist, on securing an impressive $1M in pre-seed investment and grant funding! Their ongoing dedication to delivering financial literacy to underserved communities continues to inspire: prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

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It's a superbloom! Already, 12 new @WildflowerSchls have opened this fall—the most in their history—and several more are expected over the next few months. Congratulations to this 2023 #YassPrize Quarterfinalist! wildflowerschools.org

It's a superbloom! Already, 12 new @WildflowerSchls have opened this fall—the most in their history—and several more are expected over the next few months. Congratulations to this 2023 #YassPrize Quarterfinalist!

wildflowerschools.org
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"By securing a spot as a #YassPrize Semifinalist, your institution has demonstrated a commitment to leadership, community service, and the pursuit of academic achievement." Thank you, Governor Tony Evers, for recognizing Notre Dame School of Milwaukee and their dedication to excellence!

"By securing a spot as a #YassPrize Semifinalist, your institution has demonstrated a commitment to leadership, community service, and the pursuit of academic achievement."

Thank you, <a href="/GovEvers/">Governor Tony Evers</a>, for recognizing Notre Dame School of Milwaukee and their dedication to excellence!