Working to expand education opportunities, so all can achieve the American dream. Led by @JeanneAllen.
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Philly: 17 public schools are closing.
The Opportunity Knocks Scholarship gives affected families $8,000/year toward private school tuition — renewable through high school graduation.
500 spots. First come, first served.
Apply at → OpportunityKnocksPhilly.org
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17 Philadelphia public schools are closing.
Opportunity Knocks is the $8,000 scholarship designed to make sure no family has to face that uncertainty alone.
@CarolineGAllen1 and @JCRobertsonBPUE broke it all down on Dom Giordano's podcast. 🧵
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Pastor Joshua Robertson, founder of Black Pastors United for Education, said it best in the episode:
"Opportunities are not lost — they're missed."
If you know a Philadelphia family at one of the closing schools, share this.
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Huge thank you to Dom Giordano— one of the most consistent voices in America for school choice and parental rights. Subscribe to Old School, New School, Next School. Share his work. It matters.
🎧 Episode 54: oldschoolnewschoolnextschool…
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After seeing innovative school founders blocked by zoning rules and outdated regulations, #YassPrize winner Lisa Tarshis helped launch @schools4america. Their first major victory? Florida's SB 182, which could dramatically expand opportunities for new schools and the families they serve. ⤵️
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The difference between a black boy who sees himself and a black boy who sees a stranger can be the catalyst to a long term positive relationship with teachers, schools, and learning. ⤵️
@kylesmitley #YassPrize @Forbes @BlockcThe
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The best jazz musicians do not dominate the room. They listen to the room. The same is true for leaders.
Keith Brooks (#YassPrize @Forbes)⤵️
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📚 .@SenBillCassidy introducing the READ Act: "Education is the one great thing in our society that can take somebody and transform their future. Reading is the kernel within education that makes it work." ⤵️
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Applications for the 2026 @YassPrize just closed with 35% more submissions than last year!
What that really means: 35% more founders, principals, and school leaders who looked at the work they've quietly been doing and decided this was the year to share it.
The movement is real.
Full release: yassprize.org/updates/the-ra…
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Tuesday: voters in 6 states cast ballots.
The headlines were crime, housing, taxes.
The word almost nobody used: education.
But there's no city in America where the first list improves while the schools fall apart.
D.C. votes in 12 days. NY already did. LA's runoff is November.
Meanwhile in NC, more than 100,000 kids just got a real choice. That's the story most are missing.
@JeanneAllen connects the dots in this week's Forza 👇 forza.edreform.com/p/june-is…
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6 hours. The 2026 Yass Prize closes today at 12pm EST.
If you've built something worth recognizing, apply this morning.
$1M award.
Final hours. → yassprize.org
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Most weekends, the to-do list is laundry and a grocery run.
This weekend, your work could be recognized with $1 million.
2 days left to apply for the 2026 @YassPrize
$60M awarded since 2021 to schools that are Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless.
Apply today → yassprize.org
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Weekend plans? Applying for the @YassPrize sounds perfect to us.
Hey Siri — set a reminder. 3 days left.
What it is: a $1M prize for education innovators. $60M awarded to 225 orgs across 45 states. The Pulitzer of education innovation.
Apply by Mon, June 1 @ 12pm ET → yassprize.org
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👋 Haven’t started your #YassPrize application yet?
It only takes 4-6 hours… start your application now before the June 1st deadline. yassprize.org
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4 days left for the $1M @YassPrize.
Jeff Imrich, CEO of Rock by Rock and a year-one finalist, on what surprised him:
"You collaborate with people sharing a mission but working in totally different spaces — tech, private, public, charter, home, micro. It's an amazing support network."
Apply at: yassprize.org
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🫵 YOU could be next! APPLY at yassprize.org!
“These are the kind of moments for me that I'm like, man, we’re really doing the right thing."
- Brandon Scarborough, @DreamsAcademyUS (2025 #YassPrize Contender) @Dmaloneytv @WEWS
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“These are the kind of moments for me that I'm like, man, we’re really doing the right thing."
- Brandon Scarborough, @DreamsAcademyUS (2025 #YassPrize Contender) @Dmaloneytv @WEWS
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🕔🗓️ The clock is ticking... FIVE days until the 2026 Yass Prize application deadline! yassprize.org
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6 days left to apply for the $1M Yass Prize.
Cris Gulacy-Worrel, VP @oakmonteducation, on whether to go for it:
"Don't be self-limiting. Think big. You'll gain so much more than you realize — in the application process and the connections."
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