(The Center Square) - School choice awards continue nationwide through a Yass Prize launched five years ago.
A deadline for a $1 million Yass Prize school choice award is approaching June 1 for education providers nationwide to apply, The Center Square reported. The prize is an outworking of the Center for Education Reform.
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