Introduce policies for further education such as "multi-school dicing" and "counterpart enrollment"

Beijing's "real knife and real gun" cools down the heat of choosing schools

Guangming Daily reporter Yao Dongcheng

On May 6th, school-age children in Beijing began to collect information about the New Year. This is a routine work in a year, but it has attracted much attention because of the introduction of several policies. During the small holiday, the six districts of the city intensively introduced compulsory education enrollment policies. Among them, the policies of "one degree in six years", "multi-school graduation" and "nine-year consistent enrollment" have attracted the attention of many parents and prospective parents.

This means that "choosing a school" is more difficult and more uncertain, and then the gold content of the school district should be "questioned". On the road of balanced education reform, can such a "heavy blow" really cool down the "school choice fever"? The reporter interviewed relevant experts.

1. During the long holiday, the transaction volume of second-hand houses in Xicheng District rose sharply.

In this year's admission policy, Xicheng District of Beijing proposed "one degree for six years" for the first time. At the same time, the compulsory education enrollment policy in Xicheng District shows that families who newly purchase real estate after July 3, 20201will adopt the "multi-school dicing" measure. As soon as the policy came out, the "second-hand housing" trading market became lively first.

Li Nan, a salesperson of a real estate agency, told the reporter: "The number of friends who come to see the house has obviously increased, especially those who are concerned about the school district. We've basically been out these two days. The listed houses in Xicheng District have also increased, and many people want to catch the last bus of' single school dicing'. "

According to the data of "Home Tour", from May/Kloc-0 to 3, 2020, the total number of outbound tourists of salesmen has reached 1 1 2219, and the number of outbound tourists in a single day exceeded 37,000, while from May/Kloc-0 to 3, 2009, In terms of transaction, from May/kloc-0 to May 3, only Lianjia sold 11set of second-hand houses, compared with 34 1 set in the same period last year, up 23 1.7% year-on-year.

On the one hand, the number of transactions has greatly increased, but on the other hand, the reporter also learned that some school districts in Xicheng District have lowered their listing prices. In this regard, Li Nan explained: "If this process is to be completed before the end of July, the requirements for the amount and quantity of the buyer's loan are very high, and it may even need to be fully traded, so the total price will have a certain impact. At the same time, after multi-school dicing, the uncertainty will increase and the degree of housing' gold' will inevitably weaken. This is a good signal, and I believe this is also the future trend. "

Many experts believe that the obvious market effect caused by the reform of regional entrance policy is a reflection of the imbalance of regional education, which can be seen from the number of students entering model high schools in various districts. In 20 19, the admission rate of demonstration high schools in Xicheng district of Beijing was 74.9%, and the lowest admission rate was only 18.84%.

This ratio is not high. For some parents, "choosing a school district to go to school" has direct reasons and motives.

2. Multi-school scribing is bound to cool down the "school choice fever"

Chu Zhao Hui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, believes that the policy of further education in Beijing's six districts, especially the policy of "one degree for six years" and "multi-schools" proposed by Xicheng District for the first time, will certainly cool down the "school choice fever".

Chu Zhao Hui told reporters that for a long time, due to the relatively balanced educational resources, Xicheng District has been one of the ideal "educational model" and "school choice" goals for many parents. "There is a data to prove that the registered population in Xicheng District is two to three times that of the permanent population. In recent years, the clean-up orders for policies such as "empty hanging households", aisle houses and garages have gradually shown results. After this year's multi-school dicing, it will help parents rationally choose educational resources. "

However, whether the educational balance orientation behind the policy can appear smoothly, Chu believes that the follow-up reform needs to be further promoted and the educational differences between schools and regions need to be further bridged. This year is the closing year of the Outline of the National Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development Plan. Chu Zhaohui found that many figures have been improved. From the quantitative indicators, the gross enrollment rate and gross enrollment rate have achieved the set goals. However, there are still some institutional reforms to be strengthened. "For example, in terms of government resource allocation, financial funds should be tilted towards relatively weak areas and schools. At the same time, more efforts should be made on the flow of teachers. At present, we mostly adopt the methods of "running schools in groups" and "strengthening schools with weak schools" to bridge the differences between schools, but the problem is that the "point" is too big, and the group itself has a center and edge. Central schools are thriving, but marginal schools are "raw food". In my opinion, running schools in groups may lead to the result of' goal generalization', so we should adopt an appropriate scale, pay attention to the flow of teachers, and' make up' weak schools. "

Dong Shengzu, director of the Institute of Private Education of Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences, also believes that "multi-school scribing" will further cool down the "school choice fever" to a considerable extent. He told reporters that since the Ministry of Education issued the Notice on Doing a Good Job in Enrollment of Urban Compulsory Education in 20 16, with the gradual implementation of the "multi-school dicing" policy, the fairness of admission opportunities has been greatly improved compared with the original "single school dicing". "This phenomenon has occurred in the previous single-school dicing. Two communities separated by a wall may be divided into two schools with very different quality. This phenomenon may not appear again after multi-school scribing. Obviously, this will increase the' fair opportunity' for school-age children and their parents. "

3. It is time to "move the real knife" for reform.

There are still many bright spots in this policy, such as Beijing's continuous promotion of district system reform and optimization of the layout and structure of basic education resources. At present, there are 158 education groups and 13 1 school districts in Beijing, and more than two thirds of primary and secondary schools implement district system management.

At the same time, the city-level overall planning and the implementation of the number of places have increased the opportunities for ordinary junior high school students to enter high-quality high schools, defined their expectations for further studies three years in advance, and guided junior high school students to enroll nearby.

The reporter learned in the interview that many parents welcomed the admission policy. However, "there is anxiety." On May 1 day, an education consulting company in Beijing conducted a paid online live consultation on the issue of "how to buy school districts after multi-school dicing", attracting tens of thousands of people to flood into the live broadcast room. Under the live link, there are more than 200 parents' consultations. "What about the four old buildings?" "Can non-Beijing-born babies in Chaoyang District only shake their numbers if they have real estate?" "How to choose a house in Guangwai Community of Xicheng District?" A question mark is beating nervously.

A parent who paid to participate in the live broadcast said: "I dare not experiment with my child's future.

Although Beijing, known as the benchmark of educational resources, has adopted a series of "school selection" policies, Dong Shengzu also said that this is only the first step of reform, that is, "providing more equal opportunities for admission", which may not greatly increase the supply of quality resources. How to provide more "quality education resources" in the future still needs to be "real" from the institutional level and resource allocation.

Dong Shengzu believes that in alleviating the shortage of educational resources, Xicheng District allows qualified private schools to "cross-regional enrollment", which is a major "bright spot" of this reform and "seeking truth from facts will help balance supply and demand".

"However, in terms of running schools in groups and districts, it is necessary to deeply integrate the balanced allocation of educational resources and eliminate the objective differences in the quality of running schools between regions, urban and rural areas and schools. At present, China's compulsory education has entered a stage of basically balanced development. At present, the most important thing to be adjusted and improved may not be hardware construction but software configuration, and the most important thing is to promote the balanced configuration of principals and excellent teachers. The experience of Japan and Finland is to fully implement the system of regular rotation of principals and teachers, and it is random rotation. At this point, we need to deepen the reform of institutional mechanisms. " Dong Shengzu said.

Guangming Daily (May 8, 2020, 08 edition)

[Editor: Wang Hongze]