GTP staff visited more than 10 Mississippi schools over three days, connecting with students and educators, celebrating progress, and seeing firsthand the impact of our programs.
The Global Teaching Project is proud to welcome its Teaching Assistants for the 2026-27 school year! This year’s group brings together talented college students and recent graduates from leading universities across the country, including Yale, Dartmouth, Harvard, the University of Virginia, Howard, Notre Dame, the University of Illinois, Mississippi State University, and the University of North Carolina, among others.
From GTP Student to AP Physics Teacher in Leflore County There is something quietly remarkable about walking back into a classroom where you once sat as a student. For Alejandro Ortiz, that classroom is in Leflore County, Mississippi. Not long ago, he was a high school student there, taking AP Physics through the Global Teaching Project. Today, he is standing at the front of the same school, teaching AP Physics to a new generation of students. The journey from one side of the classroom to the other was not necessarily something Alejandro set out to make happen. But looking at …
The Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Access Program’s cumulative enrollment has achieved a major milestone, passing 4,000 students as of the 2026 Fall semester.
The Wall Street Journal’s September 29th edition highlighted the Global Teaching Project’s work in Mississippi, and affirmed the relevance of GTP’s efforts to the national dialogue on how to best expand educational opportunity.
The Global Teaching Project’s annual Professional Development Program at Delta State University, held at the outset of each academic year, drew record attendance this August, with over 50 educators from around Mississippi coming to DSU’s Cleveland campus.
The Global Teaching Project’s 10th year is now fully underway, with classes commencing at its partner schools.
Schools participating in the Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Access Program continue to report results from the May 2026 AP exams. As with scores reported earlier, the more recent data affirm the program’s premise—there are promising students in every community who, if provided quality instruction and extensive supports, are capable of excelling. Our initial report on AP scores noted exceptional achievements by students in some of Mississippi’s most impoverished school districts, and in each of the four advanced STEM courses offered through GTP—AP Biology, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Physics 1, and AP Statistics. More recent data also present examples of outstanding performances by …
We have begun to receive results from the May 2026 AP exams. Though we await considerable data, even the partial data we have is sufficient to affirm the premise of the Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Access Program—that is, there are promising students in every community who, if provided quality instruction and extensive supports, are capable of excelling academically, even in rigorous courses.
See the highlights from the Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program in our photo gallery! Students from 19 rural Mississippi high schools spent part of their summer at Mississippi State University preparing for challenging AP STEM courses through hands-on learning, collaboration, and unforgettable experiences. Browse the gallery to see these future STEM leaders in action.
The Global Teaching Project has achieved a key program milestone, successfully completing its 10th annual Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program.
Over 100 participants gathered at Mississippi State University for the residential program featuring immersive instruction in AP STEM courses that students will take through GTP in the 2026-2027 school year. Students and teachers from 19 public high schools in underserved Mississippi communities joined accomplished educators from Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Yale, Harvard, and Georgia Tech, among other universities.
A Global Teaching Project partner for the past decade, Mississippi State University hosts the annual Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program on campus each summer. The program prepares high school students, especially those in rural and low-income school districts, for upcoming Advanced Placement coursework.