15-year project aims to improve rural schools by enhancing teachers' skills

Xu Rongqing, head of a rural primary school in Guizhou province, never thought of being able to connect with an organizational learning master in person until he sat in a hall at Beijing Normal University - the cradle of Chinese teachers and school heads - and listened to a speech by Peter Senge, a systems analyst from the United States and the founder of the Society for Organizational Learning.

The connection will make a difference in a plan for the future of Chinese schools in rural areas, which was launched on June 18.

The plan, called the 2030 Project, is a cooperative venture by the School of Continuing Education and the Teacher Training and Executive Development Program at Beijing Normal University.