The Global Teaching Project

What The Global Teaching Project does

The Global Teaching Project (GTP) is a private nonprofit educational organization founded in 2017 by Yale alumnus Matt Dolan to address severe STEM teacher shortages in rural America. Its core product, the Advanced STEM Access Program, delivers four Advanced Placement (AP) courses — AP Biology, AP Physics 1, AP Computer Science Principles, and AP Statistics — to rural, high-poverty Mississippi high schools that cannot independently offer such coursework. The underlying instructional technology is a blended model that combines synchronous twice-weekly video-conference tutoring with intensive in-person residential programs hosted at Mississippi State University (summer), Jackson State University (winter/MLK weekend), and Delta State University (spring review), supported by AP-certified Supervisory Instructors who provide on-site classroom coordination.

GTP recruits its teaching-assistant workforce from three dozen leading universities including Yale, Harvard, Stanford, UVA, Georgia Tech, MIT, and Notre Dame, drawing on a 2025-26 roster of 50+ STEM majors and recent graduates who deliver high-dose tutoring to participating students. Since inception, GTP has served over 3,000 students across 50+ Mississippi public high schools operating through the Mississippi Public School Consortium for Educational Access, with reported AP outcomes among the highest in the state and independent assessment by the University of Mississippi Center for Research Evaluation confirming substantial gains in student content understanding.

The organization operates as a freemium provider: all programs are delivered free of charge to students, families, and schools, with no state or local funds used. Funding is sourced from private donations and grants. Distribution is exclusively direct via the Consortium of Mississippi public school districts and partner universities, with complementary student-support services including the Dinner Discussion speaker series, Get2College college-access programming, and Identity Leadership programming via advisory board member Stedman Graham.

Name

The Global Teaching Project

Legal name

The Global Teaching Project

Website

https://globalteachingproject.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Global Teaching Project is a nonprofit organization delivering blended AP STEM courses (Biology, Physics 1, Computer Science Principles, Statistics) free of charge to rural Mississippi high schools via video tutoring from elite university students and in-person university residential programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Educational Access Programs (Free to Students): GTP provides its Advanced STEM Access Program free of charge to students, families, and schools. The program uses no state or local funds. Funding appears to come from private donations and grants (mentioned federal education grants of $3.75M for partner school districts).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Global Teaching Project delivers the Advanced STEM Access Program, providing AP Biology, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Physics 1, and AP Statistics to rural, high-poverty Mississippi public high schools that cannot independently offer these courses. Instruction is delivered through a blended model combining twice-weekly synchronous video tutoring from top university STEM students, on-site AP-certified supervisory teachers, and intensive residential programs hosted at Mississippi State University, Jackson State University, and Delta State University. All programs are provided free of charge to students, families, and schools and are funded by private donations and grants.

Product overview

The Global Teaching Project operates the Advanced STEM Access Program as its core offering—a blended instructional platform that delivers four AP STEM courses (AP Biology, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Physics 1, and AP Statistics) to rural Mississippi high schools. The program is supported by complementary modules including an annual Summer Preparatory Program at Mississippi State University, a Winter Instructional Program at Jackson State University over MLK weekend, Spring AP Exam Review Programs, and a network of Teaching Assistants from leading universities providing high-dose tutoring. The Teaching Assistant Program and Dinner Discussion Series provide additional student support services. All programming is provided free of charge to students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advanced STEM Access Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,000 students served at 50+ high schools since 2017
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• Delta State UniversitysupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Delta State University hosts Spring Review Programs for AP Physics 1 and AP Computer Science Principles, helping prepare students for May AP exams.
• Mississippi State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017MSU has been a key partner for nearly a decade, hosting GTP's annual Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program on its Starkville campus. The program provides immersive instruction to help prepare high school students for AP STEM coursework.
• Jackson State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017JSU hosts GTP's annual Advanced STEM Winter Instructional Program over the MLK holiday weekend, providing residential facilities for intensive STEM instruction and civil rights education.
• Mississippi Public School Consortium for Educational AccesscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017The Consortium, formed by Mississippi public school districts, works with GTP to implement the Advanced STEM Access Program at approximately 30+ high schools across the state.
• Yale UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017GTP was founded by Yale alumnus Matt Dolan. Yale Physics Professor Meg Urry has been involved since inception developing content. A network of Yale STEM students serve as teaching assistants, and Yale graduates Kiran Ghia and Oso Ifesinachukwu hold key leadership roles.
• College BoardcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2017College Board, which creates and administers the AP program, has recognized GTP's unique success in expanding AP access to underserved communities. College Board has highlighted GTP as unmatched in expanding AP offerings to underserved districts.
• Harvard UniversitysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerHarvard Graduate School of Education collaborates with GTP to recruit talented tutors. Harvard researchers and educators have participated in GTP programs.
• University of VirginiasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerUVA alumni and current students participate as teaching assistants in GTP programs. UVA has published articles about GTP alumni who attended the university.
• Stedman GrahamsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEntrepreneur and author Stedman Graham joined GTP's Advisory Board in 2024. He has worked to implement his Identity Leadership program with GTP students, helping them develop self-awareness, study habits, and life skills for success.
• Get2College / Woodward Hines Education FoundationsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGet2College provides informational sessions on college applications and financial aid for GTP students, helping promising students from rural communities navigate the path to college.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy: CMU Robotics Academy delivers STEM curricula and teacher training, including autonomous STEM content, to K-12 schools. Comparable as an emerging player in the same space of bringing university-developed STEM content to under-resourced schools, though it focuses on robotics curricula rather than AP exam preparation.
• Varsity Tutors: Varsity Tutors provides paid online tutoring including AP STEM subjects and serves students nationwide. Comparable as an emerging player in the same AP STEM tutoring space that GTP occupies, though it is a paid consumer marketplace while GTP delivers free programming to a defined district cohort.
• NovoEd: NovoEd is a social learning platform used by universities and nonprofits to deliver cohort-based courses at scale. Comparable to GTP as an enabling infrastructure layer for delivering advanced educational content to distributed learners, though NovoEd is a technology vendor rather than a direct program operator.

Direct peers

• Equal Opportunity Schools: Equal Opportunity Schools works directly with high schools to increase enrollment of underrepresented students in advanced coursework, including AP STEM. Comparable to GTP because both address the same equity gap (advanced course access in under-resourced schools) using a direct-to-district implementation model, though EOS focuses on enrollment rather than direct instruction delivery.
• Steppingstone Scholars: Steppingstone Scholars provides college access and academic preparation programming for students from under-resourced communities, with a focus on advanced coursework preparation. Comparable to GTP as a direct peer in the educational-equity, college-prep space targeting students who lack access to advanced STEM instruction, though it operates in Philadelphia rather than Mississippi.
• National Math and Science Initiative: NMSI is the closest direct peer—it partners with states and districts to expand AP STEM access in underserved schools, including rural districts, through teacher training, student incentives, and instructional support. It is comparable to GTP because both target the same problem (AP STEM access in under-resourced schools) and both emphasize AP exam outcomes, though NMSI operates nationally and at larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• College Board (AP Program): College Board creates, administers, and certifies the AP program that GTP delivers. It is the broad incumbent whose product GTP builds on; comparable because it determines the curriculum framework, exam, and recognition that GTP's students pursue, and it has formally recognized GTP as 'unmatched' in expanding AP access.
• Teach For America: Teach For America places teachers in under-resourced schools across rural and urban America, addressing the same root problem (educational inequity, teacher shortages) that GTP addresses. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the educational-equity space, though TFA places full-time teachers while GTP supplements existing schools with remote tutoring and residential programs.
• Khan Academy: Khan Academy is the official College Board partner for free AP prep and provides free, high-quality AP STEM content to any student with internet access. It is comparable to GTP as an alternative free AP STEM learning resource for rural and underserved students, though it is content-only with no live tutoring or residential component, and operates at vastly larger scale as a broad incumbent.

Others

• StriveTogether: StriveTogether is a national network of cradle-to-career community partnerships focused on educational outcomes for underserved students. Comparable to GTP as an ecosystem/thematic peer in the educational-equity space, though StriveTogether is a network convener rather than a direct instructional provider.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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