“It is my belief that it is our collective responsibility to ensure that our children are provided with educational opportunities in order for them to grow and reach their full potential,” program founder Sam Adewumi wrote on the CAS Prep’s website under “Philosophy.”
Read MoreStudents in New York City are preparing for the "test that can change their lives" - the entrance exam for the city's top high schools.
Read MoreAdewumi started his own business a couple of years ago in Bedford Stuyvesant to prepare underrepresented minority students for the SHSAT. It expanded this summer to include 25 rising eighth-graders, all black and Latino, taking weekday classes in a church basement.
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