"... [Yamashiro] also found time to continue working on ... the Joyful Learning Network. The nonprofit grew out of an Ed.L.D. assignment in which he was asked to create an idea that could transform the education sector.

“Schools and learning need a movement to change not just the way we teach, but also how we think about teaching and learning,” Yamashiro says, noting that education needs to be valued in American society and focused on not only test scores and economic success, but also on the whole child and finding joy in learning.