Math is Money Overview
Math is Money MISSION
Math is Money empowers students in underserved urban and rural communities by integrating financial literacy with math intervention and enrichment. Through engaging, real-world learning experiences, we equip youth with the skills to build wealth, think critically, and make informed decisions that support lifelong success.
Math is Money VISION
Our vision is to create a generation of financially empowered individuals—especially in under-resourced communities—who use math as a tool for building generational wealth, breaking cycles of poverty, and creating opportunities within their families and neighborhoods.
Program Goals
o To educate each participant that s/he is an Asset.
o To encourage participants to start investing at 18 years of age.
o To motivate students to start at business now or by the age of 18
o To understand the importance of investing consistently to build generational wealth.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a financial advisor. I teach fundamentals of building wealth.
o To teach each student TO INVEST IN THEIR FUTURE SELF!
Making Money is All Mindset
As a former Math teacher and middle school administrator, I know the ins and outs of teaching Math standards, formative assessments, high-stakes testing, lesson planning, and "teaching to the test." Yet, despite the rigor from Common Core, our students are not acquiring the tools necessary to learn financial literacy. As I like to say, “Making Money is a Mindset!” My financial literacy lesson, Math is Money, will show the relationship between basic Math fundamentals and building wealth. Not only do we want our students to know how to build generational wealth, but we want them to transfer wealth to future generations. Most importantly, I will take the time to develop students' mindsets for building wealth.
Wealth Building Plan (WBP)
At the age of 18, students should have a plan to acquire more assets than liabilities. If students are set up to do this, then poverty rates for urban and rural students/communities can significantly decrease. This is where I, Dr. Rischer, come in…I have created a series of lessons from my first published book that will teach students: Math is Money: If you can do Math, then you can put money in your pocket!” At the end of the program, each student will create their own Wealth Building Plan (WBP).
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