∷ Beijing Yifang Foundation → Education [Research] → 2013
• Faculty Performance Incentive Program
Partner Organization: Rural Education Action Program (REAP), Stanford
Project Duration: Aug 2013 – Sep 2014
Project Status: Completed
The Rural Education Action Program (REAP) at Stanford University is a program of The Centre on Food Security and the Environment (FSE), a research centre at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP) and Northwest University in Xi’an, China. The goal of REAP is to effect policy change and conduct research to help the rural poor children in China. By giving these children access to basic healthcare and quality education, it aims to lift them out of poverty and contribute to China’s sustainable economic growth.
In August 2013, the Xu Family Charitable Foundation funded a REAP study with the objective to find the most suitable compensation structure for rural schools in China. The results of the study were shared with the Chinese government and REAP provided training to government officials, principals and teachers on the merits of the performance-based compensation structure. The information collected over the course of the study, was used to improve the learning abilities of the student and ultimately the raise the standard of rural education in China.
To learn more about REAP, visit http://reap.stanford.edu.