Bold Plan to Rebuild Schools: New American School Design

Author: S. Stroumfeld et al. (USA)
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: "The Bold Plan to Rebuild Schools: Designing the New American School" is a book edited by university scholars, reflecting reforms in basic education. It has many aspects worth noting. It is not a typical work on reforms in U.S. basic education, but rather a significant outcome of national basic education reforms, based on the first education summit hosted by the U.S. President, attended by state governors and corporate leaders. The summit aimed to establish private, non-profit institutions, break traditional models, and set a determined goal of creating a new foundation for 21st-century education. The book follows the decisive actions taken by the New American schools, with a focus on the three-year comprehensive reform report of nine New American School Design groups. This reform was supported by the U.S. government and conducted through a rigorous bidding, screening, evaluation, and elimination process managed by an expert review panel. The breadth of its scope, the depth of its reforms, and the strength of its innovative spirit offer practical inspiration and reference for the current reform of primary and secondary education in China. Many of the issues reflected in the book, as well as the reform ideas and measures proposed, are situations we are already facing, and some are believed to be challenges we will soon encounter.