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Advanced STEM Program Over MLK Weekend Draws Media Coverage

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January 29, 2023

Check out local coverage of the recent Advanced STEM Program, held over MLK weekend at Jackson State University, Mississippi State Capitol Building, the Old State Capitol, the Mississippi Museums of History and Civil Rights, and the Margaret Walker Center. Global Teaching Project gives access to students in rural Mississippi areas __________________________________________________________________________ Education and Civil Rights: Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Access Program brings students to JSU for MLK weekend

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GTP’s MLK Program for STEM Education Draws Record Attendance

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January 27, 2023

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, …

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The Michael Steele Podcast Features GTP CEO Matt Dolan

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January 27, 2023

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

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Stedman Graham Visits GTP Mississippi Students

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October 31, 2022

  Earlier this fall, entrepreneur and author Stedman Graham came to Mississippi to work with Global Teaching Project students to implement his Identity Leadership program, which helps students develop the self-awareness, study habits, time management, and other life skills needed for academic, personal, and professional success.     During his visit, Mr. Graham traveled extensively throughout the Mississippi Delta, and met with hundreds of students, educators, and families from 8 schools in 6 counties. “The Mississippi Delta is a very special place that presents unique promise,” Mr. Graham said.  “I met many …

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GTP STEM Access Initiative Achieves Record Participation

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October 24, 2022

Initiative provides promising HS students in rural Mississippi access to rigorous courses they need to achieve their full potential. The Global Teaching Project provides promising high school students in rural Mississippi communities access to advanced STEM courses they need to achieve their full potential, but which their schools otherwise could not offer, due to limited resources and a chronic, and worsening, shortage of teachers. GTP’s Advanced STEM Access Program, now in its sixth year, has achieved record participation in the 2022-2023 school year. …

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Tré Peterson: Teaching Assistant and Football Award Winner

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October 14, 2022

Yale University junior running back Tré Peterson is a recipient of the New England Football Writers Association Gold Helmet Awards presented by the Jack Grinold/Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the National Football Foundation. Peterson, a native of Columbus, Georgia, and a graduate of Columbus High School, is a Global Teaching Project Teaching Assistant, as well as a student-athlete at Yale. We are proud of Tré’s accomplishments and dedication to his academics, sport, and the students he helps though our Advanced Stem tutoring …

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GTP Teaching Assistant Gains Recognition Outside of the Classroom

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October 4, 2022

Yale standout defensive end and Global Teaching Project Teaching Assistant Osorachukwu Ifesinachukwu has been selected as a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame’s prestigious 2022 William V. Campbell Trophy, college football’s premier scholar-athlete award. We are proud of Oso’s accomplishments both as a standout student athlete, and also as a mentor for his students. Read the full story>>

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Teaching Assistants Visit Mississippi Schools

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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 in video conference sessions conducted throughout the year, and also through a series of residential learning programs held on university campuses. Because public schools in Mississippi generally begin in early …

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Physics Students in Summer Program Achieve Major Gains

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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 students were tested at the beginning and end of their 8-day Summer Program sessions to assess their progress.  The students’ mean score more than doubled on the tests, which were …

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GTP Summer Program preps students for AP STEM rigor

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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 to students, their families, and their schools. Students at the Summer Program reside over a 15-day period on the Mississippi State campus, where they attend instructional sessions corresponding to the …

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GTP Students Culminate Year of Learning, Take AP Exams

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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 prospects, and can reduce tuition costs by enabling students to earn college credit prior to enrollment.  Yet the benefits of APs are largely denied to the very students most in …

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RECAP: 2022 Delta State and MS State Spring Review Programs

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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 and Mississippi State University’s Meridian campus.  (We also are conducting AP Biology Review Programs separately at venues around the state.) View Photo Album from 2022 Delta State and Mississippi State Spring …

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