Norton Rainey, President at ACE Scholarships, Episode 150

How Generosity Improves Educational Outcomes , Norton Rainey
Brad Formsma, The WOW Factor

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Norton Rainey is the President at ACE Scholarships, based in Denver, Colorado. ACE Scholarships aims to provide children from low-income families with scholarships to private schools in grades K-12 and to advocate for expanded school choice. 

Norton joins us on The Wow Factor to share why education is so pivotal to what children from disadvantaged backgrounds achieve in life. We also discuss how families get in touch with ACE Scholarships to ask for support in getting their children into a school that can help them achieve their goals. Norton also discusses how ACE Scholarships liaises with schools to find the best place for children who want to learn and how securing funding for the entire educational journey works. 

“If you have a vision and passion for something, you can achieve it.” - Norton Rainey

“The wonderful thing about people who made money is that they just really want to make a difference and believe others can have the same kind of success.” - Norton Rainey

“If you're educated, you have a chance; if you're not educated, you really don't have a chance.” -  Norton Rainey


This Week on The Wow Factor:

  • The first lesson that Norton learned about the vital importance of education

  • The moment that Norton met Alex Cranberg and how it changed his life

  • How ACE aims to lift children out of failing schools and give them access to good quality education

  • The ballpark costs of funding a child through private school and how ACE Scholarships raises the money to allow them to attend

  • Some of the challenges and setbacks Norton has experienced over the years

  • The kinds of schools that ACE Scholarships has agreements with 

  • What ACE Scholarships are seeing regarding the growth of Christian schools and how COVID-19 has impacted that growth

  • How to get involved in the ACE Scholarship program

Norton Rainey’s Word of Wisdom:

Belief is so powerful. We believe in the future of our country through education for our kids, so I encourage you to keep believing and keep being optimistic because positivity and joy will make our country better. 

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