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In early June, Sara Lam, RCEF’s Executive Director of Programs, spoke about the Integrative Rural Education Program to around 60 students at Shanxi Agricultural University. The talk was enthusiastically received and many students participated in a lively question and answer session afterwards. The seminar was organized by a student rural volunteer group called Peasant’s [...]

When I first arrived at Guan Ai, I was pleasantly surprised by the number of books in the library. In addition to the hundreds of books for students, there is also a significant collection of books on education and teaching methods. This year, I’ll be reading and reviewing these books and others to hopefully spark [...]

On August 24th, a new school term started at Guan Ai Elementary School. The textbooks didn’t arrive in time, so we spent the first week doing a public survey for our health education. The study was carried out over four days: on the first day, we went to the village to examine the [...]

中文翻译在英文后面。这是在山西永济进行的RCEF 2008 暑期支教项目一系列活动之一。This is one of a series of posts chronicling the RCEF 2008 Summer Volunteer Program. 中文翻译在英文后面。
The last day of SVP teaching included student performances at all of the sites. The Nanzheng Elementary School students acted out skits, sang songs, and organized other programs. The volunteers strung up student works around the school and [...]

中文翻译在英文后面
School systems in the poorer areas of the United States face challenges that are reminiscent of those in rural China; high drop out rates, weak academic performances, a dearth of teaching talent and leadership expertise, insufficient material resources and problems within families and communities that adversely affect students’ well-being and achievements. In the US., [...]

Merrybelle Guo, a student at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, received a grant to travel to China and create storybooks with students and teachers at RCEF’s Guan Ai Elementary School. This is the second in a series of posts about her experience. The first part can be found here.

I suppose I should begin this [...]

Last week, I talked to an 8th-grade social science teacher from Staten Island, New York. She had been teaching for 25 years, but when I asked her whether she still enjoyed it, the answer was a curt no. Why not, I asked. “Because teachers are not allowed to teach anymore. I am not allowed to [...]

During the first week of October, Diane and I went to Hong Kong together to attend some meetings and conferences for RCEF. My parents, who normally live in Holland, were also there and we stayed at their home in the village where my dad grew up. Diane and I worked in the living room so [...]

Newsletter Update: 即将出炉的最新一期的Newsletter囊括了RCEF的众多精彩信息，这都要归功于夏纯的努力。各位都要洗洗脸刷刷牙擦擦眼睛拭目以待。
Diaries Update: 11月的Diaries让我们看到了Aiwen制版方面的深厚功力，堪称精美绝伦。其中关于RCEF对外公开信息的部分已经进行印刷，并被几位负责人带到上海去参加会议，作为组织的一部分公开资料分发. At right is the cover of the November Diaries. It looks blurry in the attached image so you should definitely check out the real thing…it’s lovely.

组员丁怡制作了新版名片，几位负责人在上海举行的会议上已经开始使用了。Lulu Fan正在赶工RCEF新年年历的设计，目前图片已经筛选完毕，正在平面设计进程中。Marco Flagg已经做出了数款RCEF明信片，包括印刷版和网络版。在这里要特别感谢Jikky，虽然不在MD小组，但仍然帮了很大的忙甄选照片。非常感谢大家的努力，RCEF的形象工程已在不断完善，相信不久之后就会得到大家的认可。