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<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -->The Education Studies Program is an academic club in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The [[MIT]] Educational Studies Program (ESP) is a student-run organization known for operating educational programs for the community. The largest of these being [[Splash! (academic outreach program)|Splash]].
= History =
[[File:MIT_ESP_Splash_2018_Lecture_Class.jpg|alt=High school students attending a lecture on "Quantum Physics in Flatland" at MIT at Splash 2018|thumb|220x220px|Splash 2018 Lecture on "Quantum Physics in Flatland"]]
The MIT Educational Studies Program was established in 1957; in that same year, it started running the Summer Studies Program (SSP), known as the High School Studies Program (HSSP) from 1967.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Elijah Jordan |date=November 20, 2007 |title=Make a Splash: ESP Encourages Students To Dive and Explore |work=The Tech |url=https://thetech.com/2007/11/20/splash-v127-n56 |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> SSP originally provided college freshman level classes in more traditionally academic subjects like math and science. By 1969, HSSP grew to attract over 1300 students and 130 instructors, with diverse topics like Iverson Language.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mann |first=Charles |date=March 4, 1969 |title=Educational Studies Program draws 1300 high schoolers |work=The Tech |url=http://tech.mit.edu/V89/PDF/N7.pdf}}</ref>
Their "largest annual teaching and learning extravaganza"<ref>{{Cite web |title=MIT ESP - Splash! |url=https://esp.mit.edu/learn/Splash/index.html |website=MIT ESP}}</ref>, Splash, first ran in 1988 with over 130 students, 22 teachers, and classes in topics like the biology of the [[AIDS]] virus and vector manipulation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tarasewiez |first=Darrel |date=November 6, 1988 |title=Program holds classes for 130 high schoolers |work=The Tech |url=http://tech.mit.edu/V108/PDF/V108-N53.pdf}}</ref> By 2008, these numbers grew to over 2000 students, 300 teachers, and 400 classes. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Verma |first=Aditi |date=November 25, 2008 |title=This Year’s Splash Is Largest Ever |work=The Tech |url=https://thetech.com/2008/11/25/splash-v128-n58}}</ref>
In 2007, MIT ESP alumni founded [[Learning Unlimited]], a [[nonprofit organization]] whose goal is to "make educational opportunities more readily available for all students."<ref>{{cite web |title=About Learning Unlimited |url=https://www.learningu.org/about/ |website=Learning Unlimited |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref> Since then, Learning Unlimited has supported the creation of Splash programs at other colleges like Yale<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Dana |date=November 11, 2013 |title=Student teachers make a Splash at Yale |work=Yale Daily News |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/11/11/student-teachers-make-a-splash-at-yale/}}</ref>, and Stanford<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rodríguez |first=Arielle |date=November 8, 2015 |title=Stanford Splash brings hundreds of kids to college |work=The Stanford Daily |url=https://stanforddaily.com/2015/11/08/stanford-splash-brings-hundreds-of-kids-to-college/}}</ref>.
Due to the [[COVID-19]] pandemic, programs since Summer HSSP 2020<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Quines |first=CJ |date=August 20, 2020 |title=Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call |url=https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/two-thousand-students/}}</ref> to Summer HSSP 2022 were moved to a virtual format, including Splash 2020<ref>{{Cite news |title=Splash took place Nov. 21–21 with over 500 high school participants. |work=The Tech |url=https://thetech.com/2021/12/01/splash-photo-spread}}</ref>. Their first fully in-person program was Splash 2022, running from November 19 to November 20, 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reitmeyer |first=Cyndi |date=October 21, 2022 |title=MIT Splash 2022 for High School Students |url=https://www.bostontechmom.com/mit-splash-2022-for-high-school-students/ |website=BostonTechMom}}</ref>
= Programs =
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Cascade is a multi-weekend program run by ESP aimed towards high school students in the Boston area. It usually lasts about 5 to 6 weekends and students take a few classes every weekend. Students are also offered mentorship by ESP members through this program. Cascade is free for students. Students are selected from schools and communities in the greater boston area that ESP partners with. Cascade usually runs in the Fall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MIT ESP - Cascade |url=https://esp.mit.edu/learn/Cascade/index.html |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=esp.mit.edu}}</ref>
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Throughout its years of operation, ESP has launched several programs that are no longer active like Junction and SATprep.
* Junction was an intense non-residential summer program, with students going to the MIT Campus every weekend. Students would submit a proposal for an independent study project and they would be assigned mentors to guide them. It was last run on Summer 2017. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Junction - More Information |url=https://esp.mit.edu/learn/Junction/moreinfo.html |access-date=November 5, 2022 |website=MIT ESP}}</ref>
* In 1994, ESP launched a new residential summer program, MESH,<ref>[https://mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MIT_INST/ejdckj/alma990007007470106761 "MESH : a New Summer Program for High School Students by the MIT Educational Studies Program"]. Cambridge, Mass: MIT, 1994. Print.</ref> a summer program where high school students learned and taught a variety of AP-level courses. It was short-lived, only being ran until 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESP - Programs - MESH |url=https://esp.scripts.mit.edu/browser/Archived/Old_Green_Website/www/Pro/mesh.html |access-date=November 5, 2022}}</ref>
== References ==
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<nowiki>https://thetech.com/2021/12/01/splash-photo-spread</nowiki>
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