A program of The Center on Food Security and the Environment (FSE), a research center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Scholarly Publications
Stimulation and Early Child Development in China: Caregiving at Arm's Length
May 2019
ABSTRACT: Objective: To provide an empirical overview of the parenting landscape in rural China, focusing on 18- to 30-month-old children and their caregivers in rural Shaanxi province.
Better Cognition, Better School Performance? Evidence from Primary Schools in China
April 2019
Although students in rural and migrant schools in China generally have not performed well, a share of each cohort has been able to thrive in school and to test into academic high school and college...
Past Successes and Future Challenges in Rural China’s Human Capital
March 2019
This paper describes the current level of human capital in China and seeks to identify a number of education-related challenges that may slow down the nation’s economy from transitioning to high...
Other Publications
News
Journal of East China Normal University: Q&A with Scott Rozelle and James Heckman
May 2019
Early Childhood Development Takes Center Stage in China: Questions & Answer with Scott Rozelle and James Heckman 【编者按】2018年11月17日，詹姆斯·赫克曼(James J.
Tsinghua University News: Scott Rozelle Presents on Human Capital in Rural China at Tsinghua University
April 2019
罗思高主讲“清华三农讲坛” 解析中国农村人力资本问题4月11日晚，清华大学中国农村研究院主办的“清华三农讲坛”第二十五讲在清华大学公共管理学院报告厅举行。美国斯坦福大学教授、清华大学中国农村研究院学术委员会委员罗思高（Scott Rozelle）作了题为“农村人力资本：一个中国中长期发展的挑战”的演讲。北京大学国家发展研究院院长、教授姚洋进行点评。农研院副院长、研究员何宇鹏主持讲坛。
Students in the Field: Q&A with Laura Jonsson
April 2019
Laura Jonsson is a Stanford undergraduate student, Class of 2020, majoring in human biology and hoping to minor in education and Middle Eastern literature, languages, and cultural. As a REAP...
Events
The Global Landscape of In-Service Teacher Professional Development Programs: The Gap between Evidence & Practice
November 8, 2017
About the Topic: We review evidence on the characteristics of the most effective teacher professional development (PD) programs, present new data from around the world on the actual characteristics...
End Heuristics in Retrospective Voting: Evidence from a Conditional Cash Transfer Experiment
October 2, 2017
About the Speaker: Patrick McEwan is a Professor of Economics at Wellesley College. He conducts research on education and social policy in developing countries, especially in Latin America.
Promotion Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence From Chinese Schools
January 23, 2017
About the Topic: Professor Park will discuss how promotion incentives influence the effort of public employees by providing evidence from China's system of promotions for teachers.
Projects
PRICE Manual of Procedures
Chinese children have among the highest rates of myopia in the world.
English
Assessing & Improving the Quality of Higher Education
An International Comparative StudyUniversity attendance is increasing around the world, but are graduates learning the essential skills required to succeed in the workforce and grow the economy...
English
Assessing and Credentialing Vocational High Schools
Problem Vocational high schools in China serve as an alternative to academic high school and typically provide two years of in-the-classroom training and a one-year, school-supervised, on-the-job...
English
Multimedia
Healthy Future: Breastfeeding Tutorial in Chinese
April 2019
Video Production Credit: Digital MEdIC Program of the Center for Health Education and Stanford Medicine, Stanford UniversityThis video was created by the Digital MEdIC Program and the Rural Education Action Program at Stanford University to train...
Healthy Future: Breastfeeding Tutorial in English
April 2019
Video Production Credit: Digital MEdIC Program of the Center for Health Education and Stanford Medicine, Stanford UniversityThis video was created by the Digital MEdIC Program at Stanford University as part of a series of videos that highlight the...
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