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This weekend, I went with a group of Japanese and Chinese activists to a county in northern Shanxi that was a stronghold of the Japanese army during World War 2. We visited village girls, wives, and mothers who had been raped by Japanese soldiers. The girls are old women now. Every year more pass away, [...]

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Principal Sun of Guan Ai School and I attended the Second Conference of the Community of Excellent Schools. The Community is a loose network of schools around China that have been inspired by the legendary Dulangkou Middle School and are drastically reforming their schools. Many experts and famous educators made speeches at the conference, but [...]

I’m back in China now after the whirlwind New York trip and CGI 2008. It’s great to be back in Houjia Village, where the fall harvest has roads covered in piles of golden corn kernels. I’m usually the last one to return to our village home at night, but yesterday my landlords were still up [...]

I finally saw Michelle Rhee! She spoke on a panel about “Improving Quality Education” with two women from Mali and India–places that seemed worlds apart from Washington, DC but actually face very similar root problems in their schools. 50% of fifth graders surveyed by the NGO Pratham in India could not read simple sentences. The [...]

The 2008 Clinton Global Initiative starts in New York City tomorrow. For the second year, RCEF has been invited to attend, which is a big honor and unique opportunity to network with the likes of President Clinton, innovative NGOs, corporate heads, and influential people in many fields. Last year, Wei Ji Ma represented RCEF and [...]

The new semester has begun at Guan Ai Elementary, RCEF’s main program site! About 180 students, many returning from last year, are enrolled in six grades. RCEF has hired 18 teachers to work at the school, expanding the teaching force by five. This gives all the teachers a lighter class load so they can spend [...]

Good news! We are pleased to announce that RCEF will receive a $25,000 grant from the Tiger Woods Foundation, which supports organizations focused on youth education and character development. Since 1996, TWF has positively affected the lives of an estimated 10 million young people and dispersed more than $30 million to communities nationwide through direct [...]

RCEF’s rural teacher training was held at the Desheng PingminSchool (德胜平民学校), a rural elementary school in Xiuning County, Anhui Province. “Pingmin” means “Common People.” When picking the location for the training, we looked for an innovative school that could be a source of inspiration and new ideas. The Pingmin School is quite well known for [...]

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 [...]