Its development and change can be roughly divided into four stages:
1, the transplant stage of education.
/kloc-from the 0/7th century to independence, it was a colonial period, and its education was a transplant of the education model of the suzerain country.
The church monopolizes education and has a strong religious color.
From primary schools to colleges and universities, most of them are transplanted from the suzerain country.
2. The transformation stage of education.
From American independence to the Civil War, it is the initial stage of the education system.
3. From the Civil War to World War II, it was an innovative stage of American education, and an educational system with American characteristics was basically formed.
American educational leadership practices typical decentralization.
4. Since World War II, it has been a stage of great development and reform of American education.
There are mainly 1958 national defense education law, curriculum reform movement in primary and secondary schools in 1960s, people's livelihood education plan of 197 1, and basic restoration movement in the mid-1970s.
After the 1980s, there was a strong voice for educational reform in the United States, but the future was hard to predict.
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For a long time, the lack of educational equity has been one of the most painful social problems of the American people.
Recently, a large-scale college entrance examination fraud case announced by the US Department of Justice has once again made this issue the focus of public opinion.
Court documents show that 33 parents cheated and faked through an admissions consultant to help their children enter the top universities in the United States.
According to Reuters, at present, the Hollywood actress felicity huffman has made a statement on the charges of conspiracy and fraud, and has confessed to the alleged crimes.
Another 13 parent also made the same statement.
This case reflects the deep drawbacks of the American education system.
Experts believe that the current application system of American universities is giving children from wealthy families a disproportionate advantage in entering high-quality universities, and the problem of unfairness in the education system is becoming more and more serious.
"The biggest admission scam in American history".
According to the documents released by the prosecution, starting from 20 1 1, the parents involved provided funds to William Singh, the operator of an admissions consulting agency in California, who came forward to bribe the university sports coach and the staff of the admissions examination institution.
Bribery improves children's chances of entering famous universities by packaging them as athletes, requiring gunmen to take standardized entrance exams or tampering with exam answers.
The parents involved paid hundreds of thousands of yuan for this "service".
This case was called "the biggest admission scam in American history" by the media.
Universities involved in fraud cases include Yale University, Stanford University, Georgetown University, UCLA and many other well-known universities.
A total of 50 people, including parents and college sports coaches, were prosecuted, involving 25 million US dollars.
Most of the 33 parents involved in the case are people with certain social status in the legal and financial industries.