SCHOOL CHOICE, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: THE CASE FOR MORE CONTROL

ABSTRACT:  This paper focuses on school choice and the extent to which admissions to publicly-funded secondary schools in England address issues of equity and social justice. It argues that schools with responsibility for their own admissions are more likely than others to act in their own self interest by 'selecting in' or 'creaming' particular pupils and 'selecting out' others. Given this, it is argued that individual schools should not be responsible for admissions. Instead, admissions should be the responsibility of a local authority (or non-partisan body); this body should make decisions about who should be allocated to which school on the basis of the expressed wishes of the parents, and the admissions criteria of the school in question. Admissions criteria should be objective, clear and fair and the admissions system itself should address issues of equity and social justice. It is argued that systems where there are some 'controls' on the choice process should be facilitated to address equity and social justice considerations which can benefit individuals and communities.     

高校系部教材工作的几点认识

做好系部教材工作 ,关键在于充分认识教材工作的重要性 ,正确把握教材管理工作的特点 ,通力合作做好教材选用工作 ,发挥优势 ,加强教材建设     

竞争和选择机制下的教育公平问题

市场机制的介入给教育领域带来了竞争、选择等新的社会关系,由此对教育公平产生种种负面影响。文章通过分析研究,提出了实现教育公平的主要对策:建立弱势补偿制度,促进教育资源配置的均衡化;建立可选择的教育制度,满足多样化的教育需求;坚持“效率优先,兼顾公平”的价值取向,实现教育公平和效率的同步提高;构建终身教育体系,促进教育的民主化。     

平民化的老舍平民化的选择——对"老舍之死"的思考

一个作家的人生选择和归宿,无不早就潜藏于其地域文化的熏陶和性格气质当中。本文主要从家庭和文化遗传这一角度对“老舍之死”的原因进行一次探讨。笔者认为,平民化的老舍决定了老舍会在自己的人生轨迹中做出平民化的选择。     

确立我国刑事被害人独立提起民事诉讼制度

我国《刑事诉讼法》规定了刑事被害人有权提起刑事附带民事诉讼,但能否独立提起民事诉讼却语焉不详。但在司法实践中,我国已经实质上、部分的默认刑事被害人独立提起民事诉讼的权利。确立我国刑事被害 人独立提出民事诉讼制度要有多方面的设想。     

企业发展持续发展的动力在于技术创新

技术创新是新技术的产生和商业应用，是与市场经济密不可分的，它是企业持续发展的基础，是提高企业竞争力的不竭动力。然而在我国企业中还存在着技术创新观念、创新意识落后，技术创新风险性高，技术创新基础薄弱，技术创新缺乏战略管理等问题，制约着我国企业的健康发展。针对这种情况，本文提出了企业应成为技术创新的主体，这是国际竞争的必然选择，是企业自身特点决定的，也是经济发展的必然趋势。企业在技术创新过程中要根据自身特点进行战略选择。首先是创新技术领域的选择，其次是技术领先和技术跟随战略的选择。本文还论述了企业提高创新能力的途径，企业必须根据自己的特点，采用经济适用的技术创新能力积累的途径，选择自主创新研究或对外合作联盟。     

Free Choice and Institutional Selection: Cultivation of the Elite in the Era of Mass Higher Education,Based on a Case Study of Peking University

Abstract

On the basis of reforms to undergraduate education at Peking University, this article sets out from students’ free choice and strict institutional selection, focusing on the process of the cultivation of the elite in mass higher education. The article analyzes the systems for student recruitment, talent training, educational programs, testing and assessment, and so on, revealing the plural logic behind the selection of the elite, the expansion of the number of courses under the trend of generalism, competitiveness under the power of rigorous testing and assessment, and rational management and skill-based performance by the individual. Going a step further, this article examines the fracturing of campuses due to erosion by instrumental rationality and consumerism, alienation in teacher-student relationships, and the essential hollowness of education. Finally, the article discusses students’ dispositional characteristics as shaped by trial and error through free choice.     

选词和翻译技巧

动词在语言表达中具有十分重要的作用。在将英文作品翻译成中文时 ,必须认真吃透原文 ,领会有关强意动词的“形”和“神”,然后以恰当的汉语形式进行表达 ,以收到形神兼备之妙     

十六大外交战略解读——100多年追寻强国梦的最佳外交路径

党的十六大提出了全面建设小康社会，加快推进社会主义现代化建设的宏伟蓝图。中国未来的外交，必将着眼于这个大局，牢牢抓住这个重要的战略机遇，为确保全面建设小康社会日标的顺利实现和中华民族的传大复兴，创造条件和营造有利的国际环境。党的十六大对国际形势作了科学分析，进而又以此为基础，对中国的外交战略问题作了科学论述。首先，认为当今的时代主题仍然是和平与发展；其次，认为世界多极化和经济全球化在曲折中发展。     

Homeschool Parents and Satisfaction with Special Education Services

ABSTRACT

Homeschooling is controversial for a variety of reasons. One concern is whether families are sufficiently equipped to serve students with disabilities. We investigate this issue by assessing parental satisfaction with the special education services that their child is receiving in various educational sectors (e.g., homeschool, traditional public, public charter, and private). Using a nationally representative sample of U.S. households from the National Household Education Survey, we find that parents who homeschool are more satisfied than parents of children in traditional public schools and a variety of private schools with the special education services that they are receiving. Despite obvious selection bias in our sample, we view parental satisfaction as one of many important indicators for the quality of special education services. The results from this study suggest that homeschooling is a potentially beneficial option for serving students with disabilities, though additional research examining other student outcomes would be invaluable.