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After hearing Ron Song say that he wanted to do an experiment that involved throwing eggs from the second story, I immediately envisioned a ground littered with yellow cracked eggs. More than a little suspicious about the idea, I asked, “You sure this will work?” To my surprise, he replied back confidently, “It’ll work.” And [...]

I’m currently in former Summer Volunteer Program 2007 site Guozhuang in Shandong delivering computer literacy training to the villagers here. The weather now is most definitely not Summery, but the eagerness of the students to learn warms my heart. A lot of the groundwork has been laid by new RCEF intern Guibin Fan (a former [...]

I brought lots of glass bottles to the science experiment class because I thought that plastics bottles would be easier for the students to knock over. Ron Sung watched the class and offered some suggestions for improvement. He asked me, “How do feel the class went?” I said, “Not too bad, though perhaps a little [...]

In the next twenty years China will: Add 350 million people to its urban centers Build an estimated 50,000 skyscrapers and other massive public works projects Hit peak coal production Pretty amazing huh? A collection of some of the brightest minds and leaders in urban development, green technologies and business came together at the recent [...]

For the Guan Ai 4th graders’ lesson on masted ships, Teacher Sun decided that the best way to learn about how masted ships function, students should build their own boats and find a way to make them work. The 4th grade Chinese language text required students to know the vocabulary of a masted ship’s parts, [...]

Last year, construction at Guan Ai Primary School began with the building of two new wood buildings donated by Canada Wood, a non-profit organization. The two buildings are being used as offices for the teachers and RCEF staff members so they have space to design lesson plans, attend trainings, and reflect on their teaching. This [...]

I’m writing from Hong Kong at the Clinton Global Initiative Asia, the first regional meeting President Clinton has held to bring together government, business, and civil society in Asia. Kiel Harell and I are representing RCEF (armed with Marco’s great brochures) to meet potential partners and learn about new innovations in Asian education. There were [...]