The Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program, now in its ninth year, provides immersive instruction in a residential, university-based setting to help promising high school students get ready for the rigor of the Advanced Placement science courses they will take through GTP in the upcoming school year.  The Summer Program is provided free of charge to students, and uses no state or local funds. This year’s Summer Program, once again held at Mississippi State’s main Starkville campus, was a major success, drawing approximately 100 students from across the state to study AP Biology, AP Computer Science Principles, AP …

Mississippi educators have published an account attesting how the Global Teaching Project “stepped up to help our students persevere amidst challenging circumstances.” In a piece in the Daily Journal, Pontotoc County Superintendent Brock Puckett and South Pontotoc High School Principal Brant Puckett recount, “This Spring, our district experienced tragedy when our revered AP Biology teacher at South Pontotoc became ill and subsequently passed.  GTP responded as a member of the community—they sought to help.” The piece explains how GTP, working free of charge, brought together educators from Ole Miss, Yale, and Harvard to provide instruction, both in person and virtually, after the …

The Global Teaching Project’s 9th annual Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program, to be held at Mississippi State University from June 9-13th, will feature top instructors, teaching assistants, and staff from Mississippi and around the country.      View Faculty And Staff Bios Here The annual Summer Program, which is free to attend, helps prepare students for the rigor of AP classes they will take through GTP in the upcoming school year. GTP serves promising high school students from rural, high poverty communities who have the aptitude and work ethic needed to succeed, but who often have significant gaps in their substantive foundations, which …

A few days ago, high school students across Mississippi completed their Advanced Placement courses by taking rigorous AP exams. A decade ago, before Global Teaching Project launched its Advanced STEM Access Program, AP exams were a non-event in most of Mississippi, outside a very few, relatively comfortable enclaves.   A 2014 College Board study reported that Mississippi had, by a clear margin, the lowest AP participation and performance levels in the country. 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 a Congressional …

The Global Teaching Project, now in its ninth year, provides promising high school students in rural, high poverty communities access to advanced STEM courses they need to achieve their full potential, but which their schools otherwise could not offer. GTP will kick off AP classes in Biology, Computer Science, Physics, and Statistics for the 2025-2026 school year with its ninth annual Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program June 9–13th at Mississippi State University. The Summer Program provides valuable preparation for students who will be taking AP Science Courses through GTP in the upcoming academic year. The Advanced STEM Summer Program provides, …

Global Teaching Project tutor Madison Butchko, a Michigan native, is a senior at Yale University, pursuing a B.S. in Physics and a B.A. in East Asian Studies. In the piece below, she reflects on her experiences working with AP Physics students in the Mississippi Delta. By: Madison Butchko Photos by: Yale Daily News In elementary school, I developed an unexpected passion for multiplication tables. Those daily timed tests became my arena where I consistently scored at the top, never missing a question. My teachers noticed, and before long, they recommended I skip ahead in math. I didn’t realize it then, …

The National Science Foundation has announced that Dane Peagler, a Mississippi educator who has been a Supervising Instructor with the Global Teaching Project since its inception, has been honored with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The PAEMST program, administered by NSF on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, recognizes outstanding teachers for their contributions to the teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.  This major honor is conferred on just two teachers from each state for each year—one in math and one in science. Mr. Peagler, a native …

Students of all backgrounds have the aptitude and work ethic needed to excel if provided a quality education, write former Governor Barbour and former Congressman Espy.

A recent study by College Board, which created and administers the Advanced Placement (AP®) program, shows that the Global Teaching Project has been key to dramatically expanding opportunities for promising high school students from underserved Mississippi school districts to take AP classes over the past decade. AP classes significantly help promising students achieve their full potential, and prepare them for college rigor.  The Equity and Excellence Commission, an advisory committee chartered by Congress, concluded that disparities in AP access “aggravate the achievement gaps” and “impair our ability as a nation to raise student achievement.” The College Board study analyzed the …

From January 17 – 19, the Global Teaching Project hosted its 8th annual Advanced STEM Winter Program in Jackson, Mississippi.  Thanks to the dedication and effort of school administrators, teachers, students, and staff, the Program was a resounding success, with over 130 students in attendance, along with numerous teachers and educators from across the state. The Program, which is held annually over the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, aims to affirm the nexus between Civil Rights and educational opportunity, and to provide intensive instruction in the AP STEM courses students are enrolled in. The instructional sessions at Jackson State covered …

Professor Lisa Urry, Northeastern University Biologist and one of the world’s leading Science educators, has launched a program to help Global Teaching Project students develop the study skills needed to succeed in advanced STEM courses.  The program’s initial session, “Metacognition: The Key to Doing Well in Challenging Courses”, was conducted recently, with classes participating virtually from around Mississippi. Professor Urry is lead author of a series of Biology textbooks used in close to 90 percent of AP Biology classes, and 60 percent of introductory college Biology courses.  She also has written and spoken widely on effective Science education practices. Professor Urry works closely with GTP and its students to hone …