Students of all backgrounds have the aptitude and work ethic needed to excel if provided a quality education, write former Governor Barbour and former Congressman Espy.
A recent study by College Board, which created and administers the Advanced Placement (AP®) program, shows that the Global Teaching Project has been key to dramatically expanding opportunities for promising high school students from underserved Mississippi school districts to take AP classes over the past decade. AP classes significantly help …
Professor Lisa Urry, Northeastern University Biologist and one of the world’s leading Science educators, has launched a program to help Global Teaching Project students develop the study skills needed to succeed in advanced STEM courses. The program’s initial session, “Metacognition: The Key to Doing Well in Challenging Courses”, was conducted recently, with classes participating virtually from …
The Global Teaching Project provides promising students in rural, high-poverty Mississippi communities access to advanced STEM classes their schools otherwise may not offer. Last year, GTP worked with hundreds of students in 39 schools to offer four classes—AP Biology, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Physics 1, and AP Statistics. Each …
Teachers and administrators from 19 schools in 16 school districts came to Delta State University in Cleveland, MS in mid-August to prepare for classes in AP Biology, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Physics 1, and AP Statistics to be offered through the Global Teaching Project in the 2024-2025 academic year. …
Each August, teams of Global Teaching Project Teaching Assistants–current STEM majors at, and recent graduates of, leading universities around the country–visit schools throughout rural Mississippi to work in-person with students and teachers to help GTP’s Advanced Placement STEM courses get off to a strong start. The August visits are a …
Oso, a Texas native, graduated from Yale in 2023 with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. While at Yale, Oso excelled in the classroom, in the arts, and on the football field. Oso has earned acclaim for his art, and also was a standout defensive end, earning recognition as one of …
The Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program, now in its eighth year, provides immersive instruction in a residential, university-based setting to help promising high school students get ready for the rigor of the Advanced Placement science courses they will take through GTP in the upcoming school year. The …
From Classrooms to Change The importance of education and educators by Madison Butchko Classrooms weren’t just places of learning for me; they were my second home. With both my parents as teachers, I’ve been immersed in the world of teaching from the very beginning. After my elementary school day ended, …
Students in the Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Access Program just concluded the academic year by taking Advanced Placement exams in AP Biology, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Physics 1, and AP Statistics.
Simply by taking the exams, our students earned a place among the state’s top students.