Snail Investigation: An Educational Project in Rural China

Snail Investigation: An Educational Project in Rural China

RCEF teacher Sun Huimiao discovers her student's curiosity about snails and turns it into an interdisciplinary learning project.

Left-Behind Children & Elderly

Left-Behind Children & Elderly

A service learning project with 120 third and fourth grade students in two village schools.

Hands-On Learning

Hands-On Learning

RCEF students collaborate to build a coop for chickens they learned to raise from chicks as part of a project to learn more about their rural environment.

Sweet (Potato) Home

Sweet (Potato) Home

RCEF students dig up sweet potatoes during an interdisciplinary project to learn about the culture and history of this common local crop.

Yellow River Blues

Yellow River Blues

RCEF students take a field trip to the Yellow River to investigate pollution of water sources in their environment.

Beneath the Parasol Trees

Beneath the Parasol Trees

Teachers share their reflections on the last day of RCEF's 2010 Winter Teacher Conference.

Project Updates

Latest News

  • Mon, October 22

    The Rural China Education Foundation (RCEF) recently received a grant in the amount of $33,000 from the Tang Family. The grant will help in continuing the mission and development of RCEF by supporting Rural Education Fellows developing innovative curriculum and teaching methods in Shanxi Province.

  • Thu, January 12

    RCEF presents our 2011 Annual Report which describes our work in the 2010-2011 school year.