High school students to gain from GE/BC partnership

The GE Fund and Boston College’s Lynch School of Education will launch a new high school math initiative, The Boston College/Brighton High School Math Excellence Partnership. Established with support totaling $369,000 over three years from the GE Fund (the philanthropic foundation of the General Electric Company), the partnership will involve University faculty working with math teachers at Brighton High School to support the teaching and learning of advanced math skills. “Partnerships focused on student success are essential to moving the needle on diversity in quantitative careers,” says Joyce Hergenhan, president of the GE Fund. “This grant focuses and aligns resources to make sure students get the preparation and inspiration they need to succeed.”

A key objective of the project is to increase the number of students at Brighton High School who successfully complete advanced placement calculus. According to Mary Brabeck, dean of the Lynch School of Education, “Math is a high-need area at the school. I am pleased we will be able to expand our long-standing relationship in Brighton. We will greatly benefit from collaboration with our Carroll School of Management, building on our mentoring approach and our school-to-work transition program, and bringing real-world business examples into the classroom.”

Funding for the program creates a new dimension in the partnership between GE and BC, according to BC administrators. For more than 10 years, General Electric has been an important recruiter of CSOM students, and sponsor of the GE Fund Scholars Program at the school.



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