Rural Education Reform in China

This book contextually explores the rural education reform in China from a policy mapping perspective. It discusses a wide range of topics in the context of China's rural areas, including rural school layout adjustment, rural teacher development, rural students' all-round education development, vocational education in rural areas, and rural education informatization development. With the challenges outlined and recommendations provided, the chapters offer a holistic view on China’s rural education reform. This book serves as a guide for scholars and researchers who are interested and work in research on China’s rural education reform, administrators, and stakeholders in China's education system and graduate students who major or minor in the field of rural educational policy.

Eryong Xue, Changjiang Scholar (Young Scholar) of Ministry of Education, is Professor at China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, where he also serves as Chief Scholar from the Ministry of Education for the key project 'Research on Education Thoughts of President Xi Jinping.' His research interests include education policy and law, comparative education policy, and equality of education. He has published over 160 articles, monographs, reports, and policy briefs in these areas.Jian Li, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University. While pursuing her Ph.D. at Indiana University in Bloomington, the USA, Dr. Li served as Senior Research Consultant for the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Inclusion and Diversity and in Associate Researcher position for the Project on Academic Success, Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University. Dr. Li’s general areas of scholarship are education policy and law, and comparative education policy, and has published over 60 articles, monographs, and book chapters.