The Rural Education Action Program is part of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions.
Poverty
Scholarly Publications
The Impact of Online Computer Assisted Learning at Home for Disadvantaged Children in Taiwan: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
December 2020
In Taiwan, thousands of students from Yuanzhumin (aboriginal) families lag far behind their Han counterparts in academic achievement.
Why Aren't Rural Children Completing Compulsory Education? A Survey-Based Study in China, 2003 to 2011
May 2020
Purpose: Although China has instituted compulsory education through Grade 9, it is still unclear whether students are, in fact, staying in school.
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) of Cysticercosis in School-Aged Children in Tibetan Rural Farming Areas of Western China: Implications for Intervention Planning
March 2019
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) significantly contributes to morbidity in developing countries. We recently published a study of prevalence and risk factors in school-aged children in three mountainous...
News
IFPRI Blog: Lockdowns are Protecting China's Rural Families from COVID-19, but the Economic Burden is Heavy
March 2020
BY SCOTT ROZELLE, HEATHER RAHIMI, HUAN WANG AND EVE DILLCOVID-19 lockdowns have major impacts on migrant workers and supply chains that depend on them.
凤凰网公益: Stanford Professor Focuses on Education in Rural China
January 2019
Author Chen Ying writes about Professor Scott Rozelle and REAP's projects supporting youth in rural China. Read full text here. 罗斯高，斯坦福大学教授，发展经济学家。扎根中国农村近40年，是不折不扣的中国通。
China’s Rural Children Are Cognitively Delayed, Survey Shows
July 2017
Rural Chinese children have a significant delay in their cognitive development compared with their urban counterparts, researchers have found, which could potentially hinder the country’s economic...
Events
Jenny Bowen: What China’s Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains
May 13, 2014
Author Jenny Bowen will speak about her new book, "Wish You Happy Forever: What China’s Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains," at this special FSI and REAP Seminar
Projects
Guaranteed Financial Aid for High School
Is low attendance affected by lack of knowledge about financial aid?
English
Paying for Performance
There is a strong relationship between poor health and the achievement gap. Gaping rural-urban inequality is a major challenge facing the rapidly developing Chinese society today.
English
Baby Malnutrition and Developmental Delays in Rural China
Left behind by the rapid growth of the Chinese economy in large cities, Stanford researchers find that the average baby in rural China is malnourished and developmentally dealyed.
English
Multimedia
REAP at a Glance
July 2014
Learn the basics of REAP's approach and our research areas of interest in this short documentary.
Dreams to Fulfill
July 2014
Why does REAP focus on education? Behind the empiricism that characterizes REAP's work are hopes and dreams that deserve to be fulfilled.
Technology and Education: Computer Assisted Learning in Poor Migrant Schools
July 2014
Can educational software serve as a remedial aid in chronically under resourced schools? The Chinese government has committed billions of dollars to placing computers in schools across China.
People
