Friday Feature: STOP Award to Transform Education

Colleen HroncichSustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless. These are the core principles underlying a new initiative —the STOP Award—created to honor the work of educators in the wake of COVID-19 and expand access to exciting educational opportunities.Last August, education advocate and philanthropist Janine Yass announced the creation of the STOP Award, featuring the $1 million Yass Prize. Describing her inspiration, Janine says, “When we started this award, as we watched the tragic impact of Covid on education across this country, our gloom turned to joy as we saw how many organizations were doing such amazing and spirited work that exemplified the STOP principles, qualities for education that have the power to drive educ ational change for every child.”By December, more than 1,000 inspiring education providers had applied for the award. Twenty were selected as semi ‐​finalists, which meant they got to participate in a four ‐​week business accelerator. This key component of the STOP Award gave them a chance to connect with and learn from business leaders and education entrepreneurs.The 2021 Yass Prize was awarded toDiscovery School, a new school that was launched in the Discovery Center science museum in Springfield, Missouri. The Center launched the school in fall 2020 to provide in ‐​person education for local children.Originally, the $1 million Yass Prize was to be given to one winner who best exemplified the S...
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