Rural Education Action Program

04/10/2019

Not everyone spends relaxing on a beach - See how undergrad student Laura Jonsson spent her's researching language environments in

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 student intern in 2017 Laura traveled to Xi’an, China where she spent three weeks working with families and...

03/29/2019

This is exactly why we started researching interventions to help the 7 million people in rural China impacted by these tapeworms! Check out one of our interventions to see what we're doing about it: http://bit.ly/2t3FenY CNN

An 18-year-old who complained of seizures in the emergency room of an Indian hospital turned out to have parasites in his brain, according to a case study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

02/25/2019

Chen's story is why we do what we do. No child should have to drop out of middle school to work to support their family leaving them to face a future of relentless manual labor.

Perhaps no story better represents the vicious cycle of poverty in rural China than that of 16-year-old Chen Zhenzhen. Chen gave up her education at the age of 12, after her family could no longer…

02/05/2019

Wishing you joy, prosperity, and healthy pigs! See what REAPs doing to keep pigs healthy with our Pigs and Parasites project: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oTZwgmAFRswa_uhcqDXhao8Ha_49eRXt/view?usp=sharing

02/05/2019

Wishing you and yours a very happy Chinese New Year!

02/02/2019

Don't forget to join Scott Rozelle and SOAR FOUNDATION this weekend for a riveting discussion on rural education in China! See details below

Join REAP's director Scott Rozelle and fellow leading influencers on February 2, 1-5pm PST, at the Forum on Chinese Rural Education hosted by the SOAR FOUNDATION on Stanford campus. No excuses, it's a free event! RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/JejZl5NAF5GLnyNf1

01/25/2019

Interested in a Summer 2019 internship? Come learn more about the two internships REAP hosts in China at our information session for Stanford students! Snacks provided!

01/17/2019

Join REAP's director Scott Rozelle and fellow leading influencers on February 2, 1-5pm PST, at the Forum on Chinese Rural Education hosted by the SOAR FOUNDATION on Stanford campus. No excuses, it's a free event! RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/JejZl5NAF5GLnyNf1

01/14/2019

On the flip side of China’s economic miracle are the 69 million "left-behind" children of rural families, whose parents are away earning money in distant cities. Solving their problems is key to China's economic future.

01/03/2019

Did you know REAP and co-hosted an international conference on early childhood development? Check out our event page to see some pictures of the event that brought together international thought leaders in childhood development:

Rural poor students in China face many obstacles. The ultimate goal of REAP is to help students from poor rural households in China overcome these obstacles ...

01/01/2019

Check out the "Ningshan Model" for parenting centers in rural China - government support is a must to impact national policy change, luckily that's exactly what we have - http://ow.ly/8fs850jZaFD

12/24/2018

Sending you peace and joy over this holiday season!