States in the United States are responsible for the management of basic education. There are two main types of institutions responsible for the management of basic education: First, education committees at all levels, as non-governmental organizations, are mainly responsible for the contact between society and the government, and their decisions will be implemented by the government education department.
Second, the education departments of the federal, state, county, city and school district, such as the Education Bureau and the Ministry of Education, are responsible for the allocation of education funds, but they do not directly participate in the specific management, and generally regulate the education and teaching behavior of schools.
Therefore, in terms of basic education, the government is mainly responsible for the macro management of basic education in the United States, while grass-roots units and schools are responsible for the specific management, which not only helps to mobilize the enthusiasm of grass-roots schools, but also reduces the educational funding burden of the American government and expands the autonomy of schools.
Compared with the American education management system, China's education management system has the following characteristics: it is mainly based on "equipment", except for major policies, the management authority of basic education is mainly exercised by the county government, the education administrative department has too much management of primary schools, and schools lack autonomy in running schools. The school-running system is dominated by government investment, and social forces actively participate in running schools.
Introduction to basic education:
Basic education is a national quality education for all students. Its fundamental purpose is to improve the quality of the whole nation and lay a solid foundation for all school-age children and adolescents to study for life and participate in social life.
Basic education plays an overall, basic and leading role in improving the quality of the Chinese nation, cultivating talents at all levels and promoting socialist modernization. Over the years, the state has insisted on the moderately advanced development of education, giving priority to the development of basic education, and ensuring it as a key area of infrastructure and education development.
Basic education includes preschool education (3 to 5 years old), compulsory education (6 to 15 years old), high school education (16 to 19 years old) and literacy education. It covers compulsory education in primary schools and junior high schools, and has the characteristics of universality, publicity and compulsion. It is a compulsory education for all school-age children and adolescents and a public welfare undertaking that the state must guarantee. ?