Compulsory education is an important part of modern education, and its development and reform are of great significance to the development of education. This paper will discuss the development and reform of compulsory education from both historical and practical aspects.

The origin of compulsory education

1763, Prussia promulgated the Compulsory Education Law, which opened the history of compulsory education. /kloc-In the second half of the 20th century, major capitalist countries followed suit and popularized the compulsory education system throughout the country. In the development of compulsory education, countries have gradually reached a consensus and established its core principles: compulsory, public, free, neutral, universal and equal.

The upsurge of global compulsory education reform

In 1980s, there was a worldwide upsurge of compulsory education reform. During this period, compulsory education showed some new development trends. Among them, allowing the choice of school education has become a noticeable change. Traditional compulsory education can no longer meet the expectations of all walks of life, and choosing schools has become an important direction of educational reform.

The new trend of educational choice

At present, in the practice of educational reform in western countries, there are two main forms of educational choice. First of all, people are allowed to choose between different public schools, which aims to change the long-term passive acceptance of students and parents and give them more choices. This initiative aims to improve the flexibility and individualization of education and meet the needs of different families and students.