Applications for the $1 million Yass Prize, an education innovation award, close June 1 at 11 a.m.
The Yass Prize recognizes education models in America. It has awarded over $60 million to date to more than 225 school founders and education leaders across 45 states.
“Every year, we are thrilled to find these education changemakers, and we are grateful to be able to reward their extraordinary creativity, tenacity and achievements, and to help them build for the future,” Yass Prize co-founder Janine Yass said in a statement.
Selected finalists will attend the Yass Prize Accelerator in Miami where they pitch for a $1 million prize. The winner will be announced at the Power of Innovation Summit on October 6 in Philadelphia.
Wisconsin has a strong history of Yass Prize winners.
Madison’s One City Schools won a $100,000 grant in 2022 as a quarterfinalist.
Milwaukee’s Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy, a college-preparatory charter network dedicated to serving students of color, was a 2025 semifinalist.
