Chinese Research Perspectives on Educational Development

This book is an English translation of selected articles from the "2013 Annual Report on Educational Development in China", produced by the 21st Century Education Development Research Academy in China. In this volume, readers are brought up to date on the main educational issues and events of 2012. 2012, the second year since the "Outline of China's National Plan for Medium and Long Term Education Reform and Development 2010-2020" was implemented, witnessed the deepening of education reform in terms of promoting education equity and improving rural education and balanced development of compulsory education. This volume starts with a general report by Cheng Fangping and Yang Dongping that explains the new progress as well as barriers of education reform in 2012. Researchers and practitioners discuss the development and reform of rural schools, education for migrant workers' children, impacts of educational resources on urban and rural children, new progress of higher education, among other topics in this volume.