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Yass Prize Archives - North Carolina Coalition for Charter Schools

May 22
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Apply by June 1 for the educational Yass Prize

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Jeff and Janine Yass with the 2026 Yass Prize winner (Chesterton Schools Network). Photo courtesy of the Center for Education Reform.

Charter leaders, we want to share a reminder about the upcoming deadline to apply for the Yass Prize. Applications are due by 12 PM on Monday, June 1.

You may already be familiar with this award, but if you’re not, here’s the explanation from the Yass Prize below.

The Yass Prize is viewed as the “Pulitzer for Education Innovation”—devoted to identifying and elevating the next generation of education changemakers. Through generous financial support as well as essential connectivity and knowledge-sharing, founders Janine and Jeff Yass aim to empower organizations that give students not only education, but also dignity, value, and a sense of family.

The Yass Prize has provided grants to education innovators since 2021. It is based on the STOP acronym, or four founding principles: Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding and Permissionless.

Learn more about the STOP principles here.

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Sep 10
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NC Charter School NEAAAT Wins Prestigious National Prize

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A North Carolina charter school and Coalition member, Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies (NEAAAT), has won a prestigious national award valued at more than $200,000. Known as the Yass Prize, the award honors education providers who fulfill the objectives of the STOP acronym by offering an education that is Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless.

The Yass Foundation, which administers the Yass Prize, announced the awards last week. Awardees were selected from thousands of applicants, with over 850 judges weighing in, according to Yass. Each semifinalist award is valued at a minimum of $200,000, and will be used to target growth and expansion efforts.

We congratulate each of the 25 semifinalists below, but especially NEAAAT. We’re so proud of your accomplishment!

Semifinalists include:

  • An Achievable Dream in Newport News, VA
  • Aurora Science & Technical School in Aurora, CO
  • Big Picture Learning Company in Providence, RI
  • Bob Hope School in Port Arthur, TX
  • Boddle Learning (National)
  • Bridgeway Academy in Columbus, OH
  • Cafe Momentum (National)
  • Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School in Bronx, NY
  • Freedom Institute of Collier County in Naples, FL
  • Freedom Preparatory Academy in Memphis, TN, and Birmingham, AL
  • Learning Center for the Deaf in Framingham, MA
  • Liberty STEAM Charter School in Sumter, SC
  • Liguori Academy in Philadelphia, PA
  • Northeast Academy for Aerospace & Advanced Technologies in Elizabeth City, NC
  • Notre Dame School of Milwaukee in Milwaukee, WI
  • Onward Learning in Martin, SD
  • Parents Challenge in Colorado Springs, CO
  • Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship in Pittsburgh, PA
  • Primer Microschools Foundation in Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Rural Schools Innovation Zone in Premont, TX
  • Short Answer in Louisville, NE
  • Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies in Manchester, NH
  • St. Mary’s Academy in New Orleans, LA
  • Vimenti in San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • WIN Academy at Bridge Valley Community & Technical College in South Charleston, WV

Learn more about the 2024 Yass Prize Semifinalists here. View the list of awardees here. See NEAAAT’s Facebook post about the Yass Prize. Watch Thursday’s recorded livestream announcement below.

Photo credit above: NEAAAT/Facebook.

May 23
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Reminder to apply for the Yass Prize & STOP Awards

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Don’t forget to apply for the Yass Prize and STOP Awards! The application for the awards–which recognize education innovators seeking to transform education– is open through July 15. Learn more here.

Here’s what the Yass Foundation says about the awards:

The mission of the Yass Prize and STOP Awards Initiative is to identify and support more best in class education providers who can tackle the big education challenges of the day and deliver an education for students that is Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding and Permissionless. It’s more than an awards program or a philanthropic endeavor. It’s a movement intended to transform education for everyone.

In 2022, the Yass Foundation for Education awarded more than $20 million in grants to new and alumni organizations, including the prestigious $1 million Yass Prize to transform education, given to the group that most exemplifies the STOP principles.

Want to learn more about what’s next? See the timeline below from the Yass Foundation or click here. Read about 2022 awardees here.

Timeline courtesy of the Yass Foundation: The Yass Prize and STOP Awards in Education.