‘Math nerds’: Our plan helps low-income students get what they need to succeed #dyscalculia
“Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics” (BEAM) helps low-income students.
The program “Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics” (BEAM) gives its students the same opportunities as more affluent students and has been operating in New York City since 2011. This program is expected to serve at140 students each summer by 2020. This program will help increase the number of low-income students who graduate from college and help them get careers in the STEM fields.
Key Takeaways:
A new program called Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM) in Los Angeles helps low-income students to master advanced mathematics.
The new program will serve students following 7th grade in the summer of 2019.
About $1.3 million in grants from the Cooke Foundation helped BEAM provide hundreds of middle school students in New York City with summer math enrichment programs.
