At the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence, we are honored to be working with two exceptional learning communities. Each schools’ contributions to this site promises to make the endeavor between our two countries productive and memorable.

The X-Pacific website project allows visitors to gaze into the life of two schools; one in the United States and one in China. The idea is that visitors to the site would be able to compare the two institutions side by side with respect to a whole array of possible characteristics. The participants from each school will answer the same types of questions regarding their interests, activities, and issues that were important in the preceding week.

The long term goal of this project is to provide an interactive virtual space where these two school communities can get to know about each other and build a lasting relationship. X-Pacific also can open a window between communities and answer a wide variety of questions. How alike are the two schools? How do teaching and learning compare in the two schools? How are the students’ experiences alike? How do expectations differ? How do teachers spend their time? How do curriculums compare? How do tests compare? Each week will address a different theme (e.g. extra curricular activities, professional development, science learning, sports, art, and language).

[ X-Pacific Website ]