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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 some [...]

Several weeks ago, a few RCEF staff went to visit rural schools about an hour’s drive from our headquarters site, Guan Ai School. The facilities were impressive:  buildings in stable condition, spacious walkways, lots of room for running around. Coming from Guan Ai, which is bursting at the seams, we felt a bit envious! [...]

Yesterday I gave a lecture to all the teachers. The topic was identical to the title of this blog post. In fact what caused me to select this topic was being moved by an introduction to a book that I read. it said:
You probably have unlimited riches
A chest full of treasure and a cupboard full [...]

Over 300 million Chinese citizens are smokers. According to a study reported in the British Medical Journal, 75% of Chinese men smoke and nearly 50% of them will die from smoking-related illnesses if present smoking levels remain unchanged. The problem is especially pronounced in rural areas. According to Professor Teh-wei Hu at the University of [...]

Third grade social studies teacher, Sun Huiguo, recently taught a great lesson on map-making and directions, with little help from the curriculum or textbook.  In a unit on “My Family”, one lesson is devoted to the geographic location of students’ homes and directions for getting there.  The textbook asks students to draw and describe the [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today marks a great change. A change that we have been waiting for for a long, long time. A change that will alter the very way we perceive things.
Today is a day for inclusiveness. Today is a day to bring people together so that they may reading off the same page. Because today [...]

Recently, 6th grade students at Guan Ai Primary began drafting their first letters to their pen pals. This is the second year this class will exchange letters with students at Trinity School in Menlo Park, California.
This year the 6th graders will be writing their letters in English instead of having someone translate for them. As [...]