纽约教育预算管理及其启示

关于教育的诸多问题中,教育预算管理,是一个非常重要的问题,在美国有一种流行说法“现代政治是预算时代“,讲的就是预算管理的重要性.文章以纽约市公立中小学教育预算为考察重点,聚焦在与之密切相关而又与我们国内的通常习惯相差较远的“机构框架“和“房地产税“上.上海和纽约有许多相似的地方,了解纽约教育预算管理的背景、思路、制度和具体做法,对于我国(特别是上海)应该是有所启示的.文章强调四点借鉴,一是预算管理机构的独立性;二是预算编制和执行的透明性与公众参与性;三是教育预算与房地产税的相关性;四是教育预算与个人收入的无关性.     

纽约大学医学院的医学人文学科课程

美国纽约大学医学院一贯重视医学生的人文教育和职业素养教育,本文介绍该校开发的一个具有代表性的课程,包括课程入门、职业素养入门、优秀生项目以及三个高水平的文学出版物,对每一课目均规定了批评性的检查,并对未来计划进行了反思。’     

Public Education Under New Management: A Typology of Educational Privatization Applied to New York City's Restructuring

Educational privatization is rapidly expanding in many urban school districts, altering the social, political, and economic dynamics of educational policy and leadership. Yet many adherents cast privatization primarily as a fiscal or economic alternative to traditional public school management, ignoring these broader alterations. Drawing from a review of the educational privatization literature, as well as an analysis of current privatization reforms, this article offers an original typology of educational privatization and applies the typology to the reforms underway in New York City. It concludes with a discussion of the implications of this typology and privatization reforms for educational leadership practice and policy.