Working to expand education opportunities, so all can achieve the American dream. Led by @JeanneAllen.
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THE EDUCATION AVENGERS is about more than remarkable people. It is about the ideas they embody, the conditions they create for human flourishing, and the extraordinary things that happen when ordinary people decide children are worth the fight.
@JeanneAllen introduces readers to a new class of heroes who saw children being failed and decided they could not look away.
They did not set out to become heroes. Most began with a child, a question, or a concern they could no longer ignore. They refused to accept systems that asked children to wait—for relevance, dignity, happiness, or belonging.
These are stories of resistance and resurrection. Stories of people from vastly different beginnings whose lives point to the same truth: no matter the circumstances, there is something in each of us that is called to fight.
Through twelve extraordinary lives, Allen explores what creates human flourishing, why some communities thrive while others struggle, and what becomes possible when purpose, dignity, courage, freedom, joy, hope, and opportunity take root. This is a book about people—and the enduring ideas that shape lives, strengthen communities, and restore hope.
THE EDUCATION AVENGERS is available now from @PostHillPress.
You can use this link to order: simonandschuster.com/books/T… – at Gotha, FL
The Center for Education Reform retweeted
A new week of competing priorities has me returning to The Education Avengers—and the people whose stories remind me what deserves our attention, and why.
“They did not plan to make a heroic stand. They set out to solve problems that systems designed to help children had failed to address. They do not spend their time scornful of what is broken. They build what works. They reject the lies that the poor cannot learn, that dropouts are failures, that some children are simply ‘bad,’ or that children born differently should be accommodated but never challenged.
“They believe the best of people. They would rather build than fight for rhetorical victories.
“We need them in our communities.
“We need them in our schools.
“We need them in our conversations, our institutions, and our lives.”
“Before they were Avengers, they were simply people who could no longer look away. They simply decided that our young people were worth it.”
A little inspiration from The Education Avengers to start the week. Here's to the people who see what's possible and do something about it!
Happy Monday! Here's to a great week ahead.
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🎒 Public education looks different from what it once did 50 years ago. Or 25 years ago. Or even six years ago.
"Education experimenters press forward as states opt for federal school choice" ⤵️
@cmtWordsmith @thecentersquare #YassPrize
thecentersquare.com/pennsylv… – at Gotha, FL
Powerful testimony about role microschools - specifically 2026 #YassPrize winner The Learning Lounge - play not only in the lives of their students, but communities at large: "People should pay attention to what’s happening at The Learning Lounge, because the children who attend this school, the families who are part of this community, and the leader blazing a trail here are nowhere near done."
pbcommercial.com/letter-to-t… – at Gotha, FL
Innovation in Action, Vol. 26 ➡️ The 2026 Yass Prize winner and finalists, plus a look inside the #YassPrize Miami Accelerator and updates on some amazing education entrepreneurs making waves...
Read and subscribe ⤵️
stopforeducation.substack.co… – at Gotha, FL
The Center for Education Reform retweeted
.@jraindc first met @JeanneAllen in 1995 when she was a recent @DickinsonCol alumna speaker at an event and he was the student introducing her. Now both CEOs, they reconnect to chat about movements that last, compromise, and the role of school leaders in safer roads. @edreform
"If schools don’t create communities, children do not thrive. At the end of the day, education should be the key to helping people flourish."
@JeanneAllen joins @jraindc of @GHSAHQ for a wide ranging conversation on The Intersection. #EducationAvengers
youtube.com/watch?v=QOJoVgxm… – at Gotha, FL
The Center for Education Reform retweeted
Governors, OPT IN to the Education Freedom Tax Credit today! 🇺🇸
⛵️ Columbus Day and the courage to venture beyond the familiar (@JeanneAllen #Forza)
forza.edreform.com/p/columbu… – at Gotha, FL
The Center for Education Reform retweeted
Freedom to learn, freedom to choose, freedom to start again, and that last one is personal.
Thank you @IAGovernor for opening Iowa's doors to #EducationFreedom and second chances, to @edreform for and amazing Summit, and to my @YassPrize Yamily for the home.
@oakmontedu
CER statement on @GovKathyHochul's decision to opt-in to the Education Freedom Tax Credit for @NYGov:
"We congratulate New York school leaders, students and families on the Governor's decision after many months to allow New Yorkers to participate in the federal tax credit scholarship program.
While her statement went to great pains to validate her support for funding public education, we couldn't agree more that ‘this program has the potential to bring millions of additional dollars to New York students and families without taking a single dollar from public schools or our state or local budgets.’
In fact, it will help more children succeed regardless of education sector, and at the end of the day, that’s what really good policymaking should be about. This news is a win for New York and more importantly a win for its families and children." – at Gotha, FL
"Every parent wants their child to have a great education and the best possible chance to succeed. That’s what guides my decisions as Gov... I’m not going to leave money on the table when it could help our kids."
- @GovKathyHochul
governor.ny.gov/news/stateme… – at Gotha, FL
"I think that, as a governor, our role is really to find ways we can provide opportunities and not dictate that every child should follow the same path. We shouldn’t be deciding where they get an education. That should be up to parents." (@IAGovernor at the 2026 Power of Innovation Summit in Philadelphia.)
What's holding governors back from opting in to the federal education tax credit?
❌ Parents
❌ Taxpayers
✅ (Spoiler: unions)
Democrats Have No School Choice Excuse
@WSJopinion @WSJ #schoolchoice #optin
wsj.com/opinion/democrats-sc…
Great education ideas grow through investment, partnerships and people willing to build together.
More than $17 million in new funding for #YassPrize alumni was announced in Philadelphia—supporting proven leaders expanding their work and reaching communities far beyond where they began.
yassprize.org/ – at Gotha, FL
"No matter how much money donors throw at the problem, classroom instruction at elite institutions keeps getting worse..." (Jeff Yass, @WSJopinion) ⤵️
wsj.com/opinion/pouring-mone… – at Gotha, FL
The Center for Education Reform retweeted
We were so energized by the 2026 @YassPrize winners & proud to be a part of the Yass Prize movement! #Texas innovators were well represented #ParentMatter #microschools @edreform
The Center for Education Reform retweeted
3 Philly schools just won $600,000 in prize money from Jeff and Janine Yass inquirer.com/education/jeff-…
