Articles:
Basic Education Reform in China: Untangling the Story of Success
Chengzhi Wang; Quanhua Zhou
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- Title:
- Basic Education Reform in China: Untangling the Story of Success
- Author(s):
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Wang, Chengzhi
Zhou, Quanhua - Date:
- 2002
- Type:
- Articles
- Department:
- Libraries and Information Services
- Volume:
- 10
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:14335
- Book/Journal Title:
- Education Policy Analysis Archives
- Abstract:
- China's recent basic education reform followed and, in a certain way, imitated its economic reform. The economic reform merged the experimental dual (planned and market) price systems into a free market economy and yielded phenomenal success. Basic education reform, however, has not succeeded in transforming the introductory dual-track (key school and regular school) systems into a universal one. This article briefly examines the general process and outcomes of basic education reform. It discusses the following questions: Is basic education reform also a story of success? What significant lessons can the Chinese reform experience offer to other comparable developing countries?
- Subject(s):
- Education policy
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