After more than 70 years' test, Mr. Tao Xingzhi's educational thought still has high academic value and strong practical significance. This paper will deeply discuss Mr. Tao Xingzhi's educational thought and its application in China's educational reform.

An experimenter of educational reform

Even after 70 years, the educational problems studied and experimented by Mr. Tao Xingzhi in "Educational Reform in China" still feel very pertinent and fresh, and have experimental value. His educational thought provides an important reference for China's educational reform.

The development of life education

In the process of building Socialism with Chinese characteristics's education system, the theory of "life education" has been developed all over the country. The combination of education and agriculture emphasized by Tao Xingzhi has now evolved into the combination of agriculture, science and education, rejuvenating agriculture, villages and even countries through science and education. Some areas have also developed "village-school integration" and "village-level education" models.

Transformation of quality education

Tao Xingzhi's criticism of "exam-oriented education" and "exam killing" has now become the consensus of teachers, and everyone is working together to turn exam-oriented education into quality education. This change has laid a solid foundation for the future development of education in China.