Valor Collegiate Academies

Entrepreneur: Daren Dickson

Valor Collegiate Academies is a network of three tuition-free public charter schools in Nashville, Tennessee, serving about 1,900 students in grades 5-12. The network combines college-ready academics with whole-child development through its Compass model, a social-emotional learning framework now used by more than 60 schools nationally, to empower students to live inspired, purposeful lives.