I summed it up, there are three main factors:
First, the change of student screening mechanism; Take me personally for example. At that stage when I was in school, the number of students admitted to Shangbei in my county-level high school was relatively stable every year, usually 1-2. Although our school is not a prestigious school, it continues to be the top scholar in the province of arts and sciences.
It is also for this reason that some parents in Linxian county are willing to send their students to our high school through relationships. There is a simple reason. The educational level of this school is obvious to all, especially the top-notch and civilized city. Perhaps the proportion of students admitted to key universities is not as high as that of urban high schools, but the best students have the highest scores in urban areas. This is a potential attraction for other excellent students. Why do you have to rely on connections to get into our school? It's not the score. But at that time, students had regional protection measures. Generally speaking, students in this county can only apply for schools in this county, and are not allowed to cross the city. When you go to other counties, you have to pay the adjustment fee, or even ask for a relationship. Excellent students, such as the top students before the middle school entrance examination, are protected by the county education bureau and are not allowed to cross regions.
It is this foundation that ensures the relative fairness of each school. Excellent students sprint ahead, and more students can learn from them. Parents will not psychologically decide to go to other schools with more obvious advantages. This can also motivate teachers, and teachers who bring out outstanding students can easily be rated as backbone teachers and even be commended at the provincial level. This interdependent relationship ensures the stability of the teaching staff.
Second, the gap between urban and rural economic development has increased; Today's economic situation looks better than before, but the difference between urban and rural economies is even greater. Cities have developed various new economies represented by the Internet and high technology, but the countryside is still the countryside 20 years ago. The only difference is that young people in rural areas will return to rural life after work. Nowadays, boys will try to integrate into the local area and return to the local county or urban area to buy a house for the last time. Their identity has become a new city person. This change has led to a large number of rural population outflows, which naturally leads to children studying in cities.
Twenty years ago, urban schools should not be so prosperous now. In rural areas at that time, almost every village had primary schools, with stable students and expanding population. Now the countryside looks bleak, and most primary schools have been cut down. The transmission of this difference is gradually rising. Rural people enter the county seat-county people enter the urban area (provincial capital city). Under the background of gradually striving for big cities, the education level is seriously tilted. The more economically poor areas are, the more students and funds are lacking, and it is even more impossible to recruit good teachers. In this cycle, today's county has almost become the bottom representative of education. It will be difficult for schools in the county to reproduce their former glory.
Third, the difference in teachers' salaries is too large; The wage gap between teachers should always exist. It's just not as obvious as it is today. Teachers who teach in county towns and units below are generally paid at the level of 2000-3000. This income level can hardly guarantee teachers to get good living conditions in the local area. However, the salaries of urban teachers are obviously higher. Take the four-tier small cities in my hometown as an example. Teachers' salaries are generally between 5000 and 6000. In provincial capitals, teachers' salaries vary greatly, ranging from 5,000 to 6,000 to 20-30w per year. The average salary should generally be 8k-9k-9 k. I don't know about these cities, but judging from the recruitment information released by them, there are indeed many teachers with an annual salary of more than 30w, and many of them are graduate students and doctoral students from top universities.
Salary does not represent ability, but it is the best way to attract excellent teachers. Imagine, if you want to apply for a teacher, how would you choose a salary of several thousand yuan in the county, which corresponds to at least double the income in the urban area? There is no doubt that you will go to big cities whenever you have the chance, as most people naturally choose.
Based on this, we should understand that it is not easy for every teacher to stick to the countryside, and we should always have respect for them. They deserve all the praise and more attention from the country.
The above three factors are interdependent and the result of gradual accumulation.
Good students are concentrated in a 1-2 school to build a super middle school in each region; This result led to the gradual decline of other schools, and also attracted families with financial strength to chase school districts. This siphon effect intensifies the unbalanced development of regional economy, and then leads to the excessive income gap of teachers. In this way, excellent teachers will be poached by super middle schools, and capable teachers will try their best to transfer to schools above the municipal level; This further aggravated the sinking of the bottom schools, and finally, education became what it is today. If we don't interfere, the problem will only get worse in the future.
Finally, one more thing, similar to Hengshui, is not how excellent the school itself is, but the top students from the whole city and even the whole province are gathered. It is the original excellent student group that gave birth to this super high school.