The Rural Education Action Program is part of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions.
Education
Scholarly Publications
Parental Investment, School Choice, and the Persistent Benefits of Intervention in Early Childhood
We present evidence from a randomized experiment testing the impacts of a six-month early childhood home-visiting program on child outcomes at school entry. Two and a half years after completion...
Does Paternal Involvement Matter for Early Childhood Development in Rural China?
Research in developed countries has found that paternal involvement has positive and significant effects on early childhood development (ECD). Less is known, however, about the state of paternal...
Passive Versus Active Service Delivery: Comparing the Effects of Two Parenting Interventions on Early Cognitive Development in Rural China
We present the results of a cluster-randomized controlled trial that evaluates the effects of a free, center-based parenting intervention on early cognitive development and parenting practices in...
Other Publications
News
China is Purging Celebrities and Tech Billionaires. But the Problem is Bigger than 'Sissy Men'
September 2021
The Los Angeles Times writes about China's new "common prosperity" campaign to narrow the gap between rich and poor. However Scott Rozelle doesn't think "any of these...
Forbes: How China’s GDP Growth Fails To Measure Its Standard Of Living: The Tragedy Of The Current Recentralization
September 2021
Author Anne Stevenson-Yang exposes the unseen rural China and states that "the best corrective to misunderstandings about this “invisible China” is a book that came out in 2020 and remains the...
EURiCS: The Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 Control Measures in Rural China
July 2021
Scott Rozelle discusses the impact of COVID-19 control measures on employment and education in rural China during a presentation given to the EURICS/IFRAE/Universite de Liege webinar series.
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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