Sustainable, transformational, outstanding, and permissionless.

Each year, the Center for Education Reform (CER) awards the Yass Prize to the school that best embodies these four characteristics. I sat down with CER’s Jeanne Allen and Anthony Brock, the Founder and Head of School at this year’s winner, Valiant Cross Academy.

We discussed Valiant Cross’s personalized, holistic, and career-focused approach; their plans for spreading the benefits of their model; and how winning the Yass Prize will help.