Education

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Education

Shaping China's future generation.

Overview

Education is an essential component of human capital formation and has implications for economic growth, China’s transition to a modern economy, and China’s capacity to compete in 21st century industries. Our Center is among a small number of groups with comprehensive data on multiple key dimensions of China’s education system. This unique position enables us to continue path breaking research on education in China that is relevant to policy makers and educators around the world.

Featured Projects

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Educational Technology

Educational Technology (EdTech) holds abundant promise to narrow China’s -- and the worlds -- educational divide, by possibly bringing many of these resources within reach of rural students. But virtually no research so far has determined what types of platforms are most effective. Our researchers have pioneered evidence based research to determine the effectiveness of EdTech and help policymakers understand the value of extending useful programs to the neediest areas.

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Improving Rural Schooling

We see what happens in the classroom as an integral part of the learning experience. We are intervening to help bring tailored effective solutions to both teachers and students in rural classrooms. Some of our initiatives include extracurricular reading programs, teaching training research, and incentives for teachers programs.

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Early Childhood Development

China's future is in its children, and REAP is working directly with babies and their parents to help them start off on the right foot.

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Publications

Working Papers

253- The Economic Returns to Higher Education in the BRIC Countries and Their Implications for Higher Education Expansion

2012

Journal Articles

Early Commitment on Financial Aid and College Decision Making of Poor Students: Evidence from Randomized Evaluation in Rural China

Economics of Education Review, 2011

Journal Articles

Community Service, Social Responsibility and Educational Performance in Rural China's Middle Schools: Evidence from a Case Study of Northwest China

Journal of Moral Education, 2011

Policy Briefs

All Research Initiatives

Education

Overview

Featured Projects

Educational Technology

Improving Rural Schooling

Early Childhood Development

253- The Economic Returns to Higher Education in the BRIC Countries and Their Implications for Higher Education Expansion

Early Commitment on Financial Aid and College Decision Making of Poor Students: Evidence from Randomized Evaluation in Rural China

What is Keeping the Poor out of College? Enrollment Rates, Educational Barriers and College Matriculation in China

College Education and the Poor in China: Documenting the Hurdles to Educational Attainment and College Matriculation

Conducting Influential Impact Evaluations in China: The Experience of the Rural Education Action Project (REAP)

Community Service, Social Responsibility and Educational Performance in Rural China's Middle Schools: Evidence from a Case Study of Northwest China

REAP Brief #109: Eyetests, Eyeglasses, and Improving Educational Performance in Rural China

The Effect of Primary School Mergers on Academic Performance of Students in Rural China

REAP Brief #111: Up By Their Bootstraps: Peer Tutoring for Migrant Children

Encouraging classroom peer interactions: Evidence from Chinese migrant schools

Anemia in Rural China’s Elementary Schools: Prevalence and Correlates in Shaanxi Province’s Poor Counties

Educating Beijing's Migrants: A Profile of the Weakest Link in China's Education System

REAP Brief #107: Barriers for the Rural Poor on the Road to College

REAP Brief #105: An Invisible Epidemic

Does Taking One Step Back Get You Two Steps Forward? Grade Retention and School Performance in Poor Areas in Rural China

REAP Brief #102:Behind Before They Start

Choices, Hopes, and Expectations: Does Gender still Shape Access to Basic Education in Rural, Northwest China?

REAP Brief #108: Development Challenges, Tuition Barriers, and High School Education in China

REAP Brief #104: Are Compassionate Heart Scholars Compassionate? Smart? Confident?

REAP Brief #103:Chasing the Ultimate Dream

Malnutrition in China's Rural Boarding Schools: the Case of Primary Schools in Shaanxi Province

Development Challenges, Tuition Barriers and High School Education in China

Quantity-Quality Trade-off of Children in a Developing Country: Identification Using Chinese Twins

Reconciling the Returns to Education in Off-Farm Wage Employment in Rural China

Returns to Education in Rural China