The Rural Education Action Program is part of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions.
Education
Scholarly Publications
Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee (Rural Dibao) Program Boosts Children's Education Outcomes in Rural China
January 2021
Purpose: To combat poverty in China's rural areas, Chinese government has established an unconditional cash transfer program known as the Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee (Rural Dibao)...
IQ, Grit, and Academic Achievement: Evidence from Rural China
January 2021
Promoting an educated labor force is critical for emerging economies.
Cognitive Ability and Academic Performance Among Left-Behind Children: Evidence from Rural China
December 2020
Little attention has been paid to the role that low levels of cognitive development (or IQ) play among both left-behind children (LBCs) and children living with parents (CLPs) in the context of...
Other Publications
News
The Economist Features Rozelle's Newest Book "Invisible China"
January 2021
In a special report on Chinese youth, The Economist references Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell's newest book, "Invisible China," highlighting the great disparity in educational quality...
Brookings: The Children PISA Ignores in China
December 2019
There is not one but two Chinas: one urbanized, mainly on the east coast, and rapidly growing in wealth; the other rural, in the interior of China or on the move as migrants, and mired in poverty.
Events
Does Money Matter? Education Enrollment and Attainment in Rural China
March 11, 2016
In 2006, the Chinese Government introduced a massive block grant program for rural compulsory education, similar to that of Title I grant in the United States.
Human Capital and Labor Market of China
February 17, 2016
9:30-12:00 Session 1: Inequality of Human Capital and Labor Market OutcomesLocation: Goldman Conference Room, Encina Hall East (4th floor) The Health and Nutrition Roots of China's Human Capital...
Amita Chudgar on "Who teaches marginalized children, and what may explain these teacher distribution patterns? Analysis of data from Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa"
May 27, 2015
In the final International Education Initiative seminar of the year, Amita Chudgar, Associate Professor of Educational Administration at Michigan State University and Visiting Scholar at the GSE,...
Projects
Assessing and Credentialing Vocational High Schools
Problem Vocational high schools in China serve as an alternative to academic high school and typically provide two years of in-the-classroom training and a one-year, school-supervised, on-the-job...
English
Learning Through Reading
Evaluating the Impact of Extracurricular Reading Programs on Student Learning Problem Reading is the heart of the education mission in most countries in the world.
English
Increasing High School Matriculation
China has shown incredible progress in the last several decades in expanding access to education.
English
Multimedia
Podcast: The Role of EdTech in Education
December 2019
On their podcast production, Middlebury College students Christian Poulsen and Frederick Mosier interview Professor Scott Rozelle on the role of educational technology in rural China.
Yi Xi: How Rural Children's Development Affects China in the Future
December 2017
This video is in Chinese.
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