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The Center for Education Reform Working to expand educational opportunities so all may achieve the American dream.

The Center was founded in 1993 to bridge the gap between policy and practice and restore excellence to education. Today the Center is the pioneer and leading advocate for structural and sustainable changes that can dramatically improve educational opportunities in the U.S. We do that by primarily working to (1) generate and share leading ideas and information, (2) support and enable grassroots activism, and (3) protect and stimulate media coverage and issue accuracy.

09/22/2026

🏃‍♀️‍➡️ We're running marathons to fight cystic fibrosis
🚴 We've got bike rides for pancreatic cancer

Where's the urgency for an education system that is failing children?

YASS Prize Accelerator Day 4! It’s pitch day, good luck to our contenders.
09/17/2026

YASS Prize Accelerator Day 4! It’s pitch day, good luck to our contenders.

Day 3, Session 2 at the Yass Prize Accelerator: An inspiring interview with Michael Moe, GSV founder, investor, and educ...
09/16/2026

Day 3, Session 2 at the Yass Prize Accelerator: An inspiring interview with Michael Moe, GSV founder, investor, and education technology leader.

Discover the books written by our Yass Prize Accelerator speakers!
09/16/2026

Discover the books written by our Yass Prize Accelerator speakers!

08/25/2026

We’ve kept their identities secret. Today, you meet the 12. 🦸🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️

But The Education Avengers was never simply about who they are.

As Jeanne Allen explains, it’s about why they acted, what sparked something in each of them, and how ordinary people can create the conditions for children and communities to flourish.

The reveal is today.

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08/20/2026

Meet the 26 education innovators who are about to take their ideas to the next level.

The 2026 Yass Prize Contenders are building remarkably different answers to the needs of today's learners. They're creating new schools, specialized learning environments, career pathways, programs for students with unique needs, and models born from parents and educators who knew children in their communities needed something different.

What unites them isn't a single model. It's a shared conviction that education cannot be uniform because children are not uniform.

Now, these 26 organizations will advance to the Yass Prize Accelerator, where they'll work with leaders across education, entrepreneurship, business, technology and public policy to strengthen and scale their work before competing for the $1 million Yass Prize.

Take two minutes and meet the innovators we're going to be talking a lot more about in the months ahead. 👇

Explore all 26 Contenders: https://yassprize.org/awards/

The $1 million Yass Prize winner will be announced October 6 at the Power of Innovation Summit in Philadelphia.

Meet the 2026 Yass Prize Contenders! 🎉Today, live from Forbes on Fifth in New York City, 26 education innovators were na...
08/12/2026

Meet the 2026 Yass Prize Contenders! 🎉

Today, live from Forbes on Fifth in New York City, 26 education innovators were named Contenders for the 2026 Yass Prize.

They come from communities across the country and are building very different solutions, from microschools and specialized learning environments to career pathways, teacher development and new models designed around students too often underserved by traditional systems.

What connects them is bigger than any one model: a conviction that education cannot be uniform because children are not uniform.

Many of these organizations began because a parent, educator or entrepreneur saw a child who needed something different and decided to build it. Now, all 26 will enter the Yass Prize Accelerator, where they’ll strengthen and scale their work before competing for the $1 million Yass Prize.

Congratulations to this extraordinary new cohort. We can’t wait for you to meet them and follow what comes next.

🏆 Meet all 26 Contenders: https://yassprize.org/awards/

🎥 Watch today’s announcement from Forbes on Fifth: https://yassprize.org/live/

The wait is almost over.In less than an hour, the newest Yass Prize Contenders will be revealed LIVE from Forbes on Fift...
08/12/2026

The wait is almost over.

In less than an hour, the newest Yass Prize Contenders will be revealed LIVE from Forbes on Fifth in NYC.

These education innovators will enter the Yass Prize Accelerator and compete for the $1 million Yass Prize.

⏰ Today at 11 AM ET
📺 Watch live: https://yassprize.org

A good law on paper is only the beginning.Ohio jumped 9 spots to #9 in CER’s 2026 Charter School Law Rankings, reflecti...
08/11/2026

A good law on paper is only the beginning.

Ohio jumped 9 spots to #9 in CER’s 2026 Charter School Law Rankings, reflecting stronger fidelity to the intent and written word of its existing charter laws.

That’s an important lesson: implementation matters.

See the full 2026 rankings:
📊 http://edreform.com/rankings

For 30 years, CER has evaluated state charter school laws based on one question:Do they create the conditions for great ...
08/07/2026

For 30 years, CER has evaluated state charter school laws based on one question:

Do they create the conditions for great public charter schools to open, grow, and serve families?

See this year's rankings, biggest movers, and state-by-state analysis: https://edreform.com/rankings

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