Introduction: Education is a powerful support for personal happiness and urban development. Therefore, to dream of the future, we must first win in education. Fortunately, Suzhou has been in a leading position in the process of educational modernization in the province for many years. Walking in Suzhou, you can always feel the strong pulse of this famous humanistic city towards educational modernization. However, the journey has no end. No, only better. At a higher and higher starting point, how can Suzhou maintain its advantages in the pace of educational modernization? Aiming at the vision of "a first-class domestic and internationally renowned country that worships teaching and is eager to learn, a place where general education benefits learning, and a city where teaching is double-hearted", what kind of "trick" has Suzhou come up with?

Government-led written commitment to education every year.

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"(February 25th) 20 13 annual city-wide education target responsibility letter was signed. Each county-level city and district government submitted a target responsibility letter to Zhou Naixiang, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and mayor. Compared with previous years, this year's target responsibility book is more specific, detailed, scientific, systematic and operable. It not only has six first-level indicators, but also refines 30 second-level indicators under six first-level indicators. "

Deep interpretation:

Since the reform and opening up, Suzhou has earlier established "revitalizing the city through science and education" as one of the main strategies for economic and social development, and has taken education modernization as the basic project, always insisting on giving priority to education and moderately developing ahead. Therefore, promoting the modernization of education is an important way for party committees and governments at all levels to pay attention to people's livelihood and improve the level of public services. Since 1994, our city has taken the lead in establishing the responsibility system for educational development goals in the whole province. This not only makes educational modernization a "military order" and "hard task" of the government, but also provides a strong guarantee for the whole region to promote educational modernization.

1998 takes the lead in popularizing high school education and 15 education; Take the lead in popularizing higher education in 2004; In 2007, we took the lead in realizing the basic modernization of education ... As Gu Yuehua, director of Suzhou Education Bureau, said: "In the past 20 years, respecting teachers and attaching importance to teaching Janssen has benefited a lot. We are gratified by many touching stories, grateful people and unforgettable history. Education is not only an educational act, but also a government act and a social act. Party and government leaders in cities, counties and townships attach unprecedented importance to education. "

Increase investment to let children learn "not bad money"

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"In the next two or three years, a number of schools will be built and rebuilt in the high-tech zone, and the estimated capital investment will exceed 1 billion." At the end of last month, Lu, director of the Education and Sports Bureau of Suzhou High-tech Zone, said in an interview with this newspaper.

Although the quality of running schools in many primary and secondary schools in the region has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, for the higher goal of educational modernization and the growing demand of ordinary people for high-quality educational resources, high-tech zone education has launched a "second venture" this year. The reconstruction of experimental high school, experimental junior high school (mainly new experimental building), the reconstruction of the first middle school in the new district, the new nine-year compulsory education school in the relocation and resettlement area of Huguan Nanzhuang, and the site selection design of Tongan No.2 Central Primary School have been started this year. Efforts should also be made to establish a high-quality education chain in the science and technology city. ...

Deep interpretation:

There is a saying among Suzhou citizens that the most beautiful buildings depend on schools. Build a beautiful new school and constantly set a new benchmark for educational modernization schools.

In terms of investment in education funds, Suzhou governments at all levels give priority to the needs of education development and increase investment in education as much as possible. During the 11th Five-Year Plan period, the city's total investment in education funds reached 62 billion yuan, of which the budgeted education funds reached 40.5 billion yuan, increasing by 138.9% and 154.7% respectively compared with the tenth five-year plan period, and the average annual growth rate of state financial education funds exceeded 18%. The per capita education expenditure for primary schools increased from 47 10 yuan to 9878 yuan, with an average annual increase of 20.34%; Junior high school increased from 5260 yuan to 13057 yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 25.52%; Ordinary senior high schools increased from 5654 yuan to 12 144 yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 21.06%; Vocational middle schools increased from 4674 yuan to 6983 yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 10.55%. There are 77 newly-built kindergartens 177, 77 primary schools, 34 junior high schools, ordinary high schools 12 and vocational schools1/0/. As of the beginning of school this autumn, the city has built, relocated, rebuilt and expanded 2 1 primary schools and 6 junior high schools.

Talent highland is not just a tree brand.

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Just after the May Day holiday, the "Dialogue with Young Teachers" salon activity launched by Suzhou Education Bureau entered Suzhou Experimental Primary School. The hot topic of "paying attention to the growth of boys" became the topic of discussion that day. The leaders of the Education Bureau, including the number one director and the directors of all offices, are facing young teachers at the grassroots level. "Can we introduce a more diverse and scientific evaluation system to train outstanding boys?" Teachers shared their educational practice and frankly expressed their inner confusion and thinking. The leaders of the Education Bureau listened carefully and answered sincerely. The atmosphere is warm and full of professionalism. In-depth interpretation: "Dialogue with young teachers" is another innovative platform built by Suzhou Education Bureau in March this year to promote the growth of young teachers. In two months, we went to Suzhou No.10 Middle School, Caoqiao Middle School and Shixian Primary School.

According to incomplete statistics, there are provincial people's educators 10, provincial professor-level senior middle school teachers 6 1 0, provincial special-grade teachers 200, provincial famous teachers 360 and provincial primary and secondary school leaders 1365. However, the construction of teachers is endless. Further improving teachers' level, especially young teachers who account for half of Suzhou's teachers' team, has been identified as one of the core strategies for Suzhou's educational modernization to enhance its "soft power".

Last September, Suzhou took the lead in setting up a teacher development center among prefecture-level cities in China. "We hope to turn the center into an influential professional teacher training institution with high starting point, high specifications and high level in the whole province and even the whole country, and improve the overall quality of teachers in Suzhou." Hu Ming, deputy director of the center, said. "With a higher standard of modernization as the goal, our education should change from looking at data, equipment and accounts to looking at teachers' development, school daily life and parents' satisfaction, and realize the change from" basking in buildings, comparing data and chasing medals "to" comparing competitions, raising connotations and building brands ". Director Gu Yuehua of the Education Bureau said.

In the face of difficulties, every child should get a high-quality and appropriate education.

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Liu Junyun is a sixth-grade student of Suzhou Youlian No.2 Primary School. A family of four rented a house of about 20 square meters in a village in the city. There is no air conditioner, no computer or even a desk at home. However, happiness that you can't get at home can be found at school; Speaking of his school, Liu Junyun is very proud: "Our school is as beautiful as a garden. This year, many small chairs have been added to the campus, the library has become bigger and there are more new books. " Under the careful care of teacher Wu, this once introverted little girl became confident and cheerful and became the "little housekeeper" in the class.

Deep interpretation:

Youlian No.2 Primary School is an ordinary new village supporting public primary school in Sioux City, and the children of migrant workers account for more than 80% of the students. Walking into the campus, the grass is lush and all kinds of modern teaching hardware facilities are readily available; An enterprising and caring team of teachers is full of vitality; Various associations, styles and practices are rich and colorful ... At present, Suzhou has basically achieved a beautiful campus environment, complete teaching facilities, more public funds, good teachers' quality, high management level and good students' personality in the compulsory education stage.

In Suzhou, there are 32 1800 "new Suzhou people" who receive quality education equally like Liu Junyun, and the proportion of public schools in the city exceeds 70%. At the same time, the "Qualified Standards for Children of Migrant Workers in Suzhou (Trial)" was issued, and more and more schools for children of migrant workers basically reached the construction standards of "qualified schools" in Suzhou. In Kunshan, all the schools for the children of migrant workers have established qualified schools in Suzhou. 20 1 1, Suzhou took the lead in realizing free bus and rail transit for students in urban compulsory education stage with "education e-cartoon". Last year, the project of benefiting the people was extended to more than 20,000 students in schools for children of migrant workers in urban areas.

Suzhou also seeks to solve universal education problems such as "difficulty in entering the park". From the three-year pre-school education plan to the new three-year pre-school education plan, this year, in addition to the "military order" issued by governments at all levels to build 10 1 kindergarten, Suzhou has also innovated its working ideas, introduced nursery points throughout the city, and solved the dilemma of "banning unlicensed kindergartens".

Student-oriented, abandon the utilitarian education of "GDP first"

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In mid-April this year, the reporter learned from Fei Jianhua, the principal of Suzhou Lida Middle School, that a blood flow chart of fish tail fin taken by Shen Yulan, a junior two student in the comprehensive practice class of the school, was "photographed" by Oxford University Press, and will be used in the forthcoming textbook Biology in New High School.

"When I first received the mail, I felt expect the unexpected. Because there are too many such comprehensive practical activities in schools, from humanities, social sciences, art, science to practical life, there are fifty or sixty kinds. " President Fei Jianhua said, "We have always advocated respecting students' interests, building various platforms for them and cultivating their ability of independent learning and practical innovation. "It is reported that the second edition of Mastering Biology in New High School is expected to be published in June this year. At that time, the names of Lida Middle School and student Shen Yulan will appear in the teaching materials. Suzhou students' super autonomous learning and inquiry practice ability will also be spread in a wider range.

Deep interpretation:

A fundamental problem that needs to be solved urgently in educational modernization is the modernization of educational concepts. Who should education cultivate? How to train people? Pay full attention to students' initiative, potential and differences, face all students, adhere to moral education first, adhere to quality education, deepen curriculum reform, reform classroom teaching, and strive to make every student receive appropriate education and promote every student's comprehensive, individual and sustainable development. This is the answer of Suzhou education.

It is very important to take students as the center, adhere to quality education and build courses. Schools in Suzhou give full play to the advantages of a famous historical and cultural city, form a series of school-based courses which are based on curriculum standards and have been reorganized, and build a rich, diverse and selective compulsory education curriculum system, which truly gives students the initiative to learn, so that students can grow freely, actively and continuously in the curriculum reform, and constantly show themselves, enrich themselves and improve themselves.

Correspondingly, in 2007, Suzhou education showed the innovative banner of deepening the "three rules" of quality education: returning time and space to students, returning sports to students, returning hobbies to students, and standardizing school-running and teaching behavior. The sunshine of quality education shines on every school, every teacher and every student.

The implementation of quality education is not to score, but to abandon the utility of "the highest educational GDP" with only scores. "We can get good grades standing, why should we get it on our knees? ! "Huang Houjiang, a provincial special teacher, once told reporters. In the words of a person in charge of the Admissions Office of Peking University, "Suzhou students have a wide range of knowledge, strong comprehensive ability and sufficient development potential". In recent years, the college entrance examination in Suzhou has been reported frequently every year, and all indicators are ahead of the whole province. Every year, four or five hundred people are admitted in advance by the most universities at home and abroad.

Attachment: Memorabilia of Suzhou Education Modernization

1982, taking the lead in popularizing primary education;

1992, taking the lead in popularizing nine-year compulsory education in prefecture-level cities across the country and basically eliminating illiteracy among young people;

1998, taking the lead in popularizing high school education and 15 education;

In 2004, he took the lead in passing the supervision and evaluation of "Double College Entrance Examination" in Jiangsu Province, and took the lead in popularizing higher education in China.

In 2006, it took the lead in implementing free compulsory education;

In 2007, all the five cities and seven districts passed the provincial level evaluation of educational modernization, taking the lead in basically realizing educational modernization in China;

20 10 was identified as the first batch of demonstration zones to create high-quality and balanced reform and development of compulsory education in Jiangsu province.

20 10 year established that "20 15 year is the first year to realize educational modernization; In 2020, take the lead in realizing high-level education modernization.

General situation of education in Suzhou

There are 1 178 primary and secondary schools at all levels in the city, including 272 provincial-level high-quality parks, accounting for 61.3%; There are 33 four-star high schools in the province, accounting for 49%; Four-star secondary vocational schools in the province 1 1, accounting for 3 1%. Students 1038300, faculty 70 1000, including 60200 full-time teachers. There are 20 institutions of higher learning, 5 independent colleges, full-time students 187800 in ordinary universities and 42900 students in adult higher education in the Soviet Union. The three-year enrollment rate of preschool children in the city reached 99%, the enrollment rate and consolidation rate of students in compulsory education continued to be 100%, the enrollment rate of junior high school graduates reached 99.65%, the gross enrollment rate of higher education reached 65.5%, the annual participation rate of workers' continuing education reached 55%, the enrollment rate of elderly education reached 18%, and the average number of years of education of newly-added labor reached1.