Since December, 22 Master of Finance students have partnered with Breakthrough Public Schools to help with Breakthrough 2030, a long-range financial planning initiative.
Breakthrough Schools is a non-profit organization supporting the highest-performing network of free, public charter schools in Cleveland, Ohio. In this project, Weatherhead students are collecting, assembling and analyzing a large sample of financial and academic data from best-in-class public schools and public-school networks to use in modeling Breakthrough鈥檚 long-term financial planning process.
Doug Mangen, Chief Financial Officer at Breakthrough Public Schools, has coordinated this ongoing project with Weatherhead students.
鈥淎s a non-profit organization, Breakthrough Public Schools would not be able to complete such a massive project without the assistance of a partner like Case Weatherhead,鈥� he said.
Qian Guo, a student in the Master of Finance program, has been working on the project since December.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been an unforgettable experience for me to join this project,鈥� Guo said. 鈥淚 think this experience benefits me a lot in working with team members and brainstorming ideas with them to gather data and solve problems.鈥�
Mangen says Weatherhead students have not only brought their meaningful research and analysis skills to the project, but also the energy and passion needed to help the inner-city Breakthrough scholars.
鈥淭he support provided by the Weatherhead students and administration has been amazing,鈥� Mangen said. 鈥淏reakthrough Public Schools is so fortunate to have such a great partner in developing new ways to help our young Cleveland scholars in their journey to achieve amazing academic success.鈥�
Learn more about the Master of Finance program at Weatherhead.