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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 …

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, …

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

  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 …

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. …

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 …

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>>