College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP)® program provides exceptional high school students the opportunity to take rigorous classes in dozens of subjects, thus preparing them for college level coursework and, in many cases, allowing high school students to earn college credit at higher education institutions across the country. Last year, students took nearly 5 million AP exams, providing College Board with comprehensive data on what schools are doing, and where.  Based on that data, College Board has concluded the Global Teaching Project’s achievements in expanding AP access to underserved communities are unmatched anywhere in the country. As Trevor Packer, College Board Senior Vice President, AP …

An independent assessment conducted by the University of Mississippi Center for Research Evaluation (CERE) found that Physics students in the Global Teaching Project’s 2023 Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program again achieved dramatic gains in substantive understanding of course content. GTP’s Advanced STEM Access Program provides promising students from rural Mississippi communities access to advanced STEM courses they need to achieve their full potential, but which their schools otherwise may not offer. The Summer Program, a series of immersive instructional sessions held over 15 days on Mississippi State University’s Starkville campus, helps students prepare to take AP Physics 1, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Biology, and AP Statistics in the upcoming school year. …

The Global Teaching Project’s seventh annual Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program, held once again on Mississippi State University’s Starkville campus, achieved record enrollment as students took advantage of an expanded curriculum. Students from 22 rural high schools gathered in June for immersive instructional sessions held over 15 days, living in MSU dorms, and utilizing university classroom, research, dining, and recreational facilities. There is no charge to students, schools, or families to attend the Summer Program. GTP’s Advanced STEM Access Program provides promising students from rural Mississippi communities access to advanced STEM courses they need to achieve their full potential, but …

Global Teaching Project’s Supervisory Instructors—experienced, in-state, AP-certified teachers—are critical to the Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Access Program. Supervisory Instructors provide synchronous and asynchronous instruction, lead university-based residential instructional programs, create and administer online course platforms, prepare lesson plans, and provide academic and pedagogical support to on-site teachers. Dane Peagler, a Mississippi native and Physics and Computer Science teacher, has worked with the Global Teaching Project as a Supervisory Instructor since the Advanced STEM Access Program began in 2017. Dane leads all academic aspects of the courses he oversees, including creating the structure of the course, providing instruction directly to …

A key element of the Global Teaching Project’s blended learning model is the extensive tutoring provided by college STEM majors from leading universities around the country, such as Yale, the University of Virginia, Harvard, MIT, and Columbia. These Teaching Assistants work with students multiple times per week by synchronous video conference, as well as at the Global Teaching Project’s residential programs held throughout the year at Mississippi’s flagship universities. Erin Lippitt, a 2022 Yale graduate, joined the Global Teaching Project in the Summer of 2020 as an AP Physics 1 Teaching Assistant.  She has also traveled to Mississippi numerous times …

The Global Teaching Project’s annual residential STEM instructional program in Jackson, Mississippi—held over several days leading up to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday—drew record attendance this year, with approximately 200 participants. Advanced Placement STEM students from 19 rural Mississippi high schools took part in immersive instructional sessions that augmented the classes those students are taking in AP Biology, AP Physics 1, and AP Computer Science Principles. Those instructional sessions, held at Jackson State University, were led by Mississippi-based, AP-certified Supervisory Instructors, with additional support from Teaching Assistants and staff from universities around the country, including Virginia, Yale, Harvard, …

Founder and CEO of the Global Teaching Project, Matt Dolan, joined Michael Steele on the The Michael Steele Podcast. The pair discussed the challenges students face in rural America, how the Global Teaching Project began, and how to best support students in their educations. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE>> Follow Matt: @MattDolanGTP Follow Michael: @MichaelSteele Follow the podcast: @steele_podcast