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Teaching Assistants Visit Mississippi Schools

September 20, 2022

The Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Access Program delivers instruction through a range of in-person and virtual components.  A key component of our blended instructional model is our Teaching Assistants (TAs)–current STEM majors and graduated students at leading universities around the country–who tutor our students in rural Mississippi communities, primarily …

Physics Students in Summer Program Achieve Major Gains

September 16, 2022

Average Scores on Widely Used Assessment More than Double Physics students from rural Mississippi high schools who attended the Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program achieved “statistically significant” gains, according to independent assessments conducted by the Center for Research and Evaluation (CERE) at the University of Mississippi. Physics …

GTP Summer Program preps students for AP STEM rigor

July 18, 2022

The Global Teaching Project’s sixth annual Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program at Mississippi State University provides promising high school students from rural, high-poverty Mississippi communities immersive instruction to help them prepare to take various Advanced Placement (AP)® science courses in the coming school year.  The Summer Program is free of charge …

GTP Students Culminate Year of Learning, Take AP Exams

July 8, 2022

In recent weeks, rural Mississippi high school students in the Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Access Program completed a full year of study by taking Advanced Placement (AP)® exams in some of the most challenging subjects offered—AP Physics 1, AP Biology, and AP Computer Science Principles. AP courses prepare students for college rigor, enhance admission …

RECAP: 2022 Delta State and MS State Spring Review Programs

July 1, 2022

Each Spring, students taking AP STEM courses through the Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Access Program gather on Mississippi university campuses to prepare for the AP exams that are administered in May. On April 8th and 9th, over 140 participants attended Spring Review Programs for AP Physics 1 and AP Computer Science Principles at Delta State University in Cleveland …

Civil Rights veteran Velma Wilson Speaks at MLK Program

February 16, 2022

On January 14, 2022, as part of our annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Advanced STEM Winter Program, the Global Teaching Project hosted a virtual speaking event with Ms. Velma Benson Wilson, Quitman County’s inaugural Economic & Tourism Director.  Each year, our Winter Program seeks to affirm the nexus between …

MLK Program Provides STEM Instruction, History Lessons

February 9, 2022

  Each year, the Global Teaching Project organizes an instructional program over the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend for Mississippi high school students taking AP Science courses through GTP’s Advanced STEM Access Program.  The annual program affirms the nexus between Civil Rights and educational opportunity by providing immersive Science instruction, as well as educating students on Civil …

Akira DeLoach Admitted to MIT

Student Spotlight: Akira DeLoach Admitted to MIT

January 30, 2022

Akira DeLoach, a senior at Enterprise High School in rural Mississippi and a student in the Global Teaching Project’s AP Physics 1 class there, has earned admission to the Class of 2026 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where Akira plans to major in Mechanical Engineering. Akira’s achievement is extraordinary—MIT …

GTP Welcomes Canaan Harris, Education Program Manager

January 4, 2022

We are very pleased to announce that Canaan Harris has joined our team, and will be working with the Global Teaching Project and the Mississippi Public School Consortium for Educational Access.  Canaan will have a key role in our effort to provide promising high school students from rural Mississippi access to advanced …

Holmes County Students Overcome Challenges to Excel Academically

December 15, 2021

Cameron Keys achieves exceptional score on AP Computer Science Exam; Cai Davis awarded National Science Foundation Scholarship. The Global Teaching Project was founded on a simple premise—every community has promising students capable of excelling academically, even in rigorous courses, if provided quality instruction and sufficient supports. GTP’s Advanced STEM Access …