Education Philosophies (Objectives) / China

1.Education should serve socialism as well as the people

2.Education should develop students as qualified contributors to socialism and as inheritors who develop across the board in the moral, the intellectual, the physical, the aesthetic

3.Education should be combined with social practices

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Education Philosophies (Objectives) / US

1.School Readiness

2.School Completion

3.Student Achievement and Citizenship

4.Teacher Education and Professional Development

5.Mathematics and Science

6.Adult Literacy and Lifelong Learning

7.Safe, Disciplined, and Alcohol- and Drug-Free Schools

8.Parental Participation

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Compulsory Education / China

• Under Compulsory Education Law of the People's Republic of China 04-12-1986
• Mostly 9 Years including 6 years of elementry school and 3 years of middle school
• Some minority area and developed area are 12 years including 3 years of high school

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Compulsory Education / US

• K-12
• Elementry School: k-5
• Middle School: 6-8
• High School: 9-12

Attendence Age / China

• School-age Children: 6 - 15
• Minimum age restriction range：6 - 7
• Maximum age restriction：15

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Attendence Age / US

• Varies in different states
• Minimum age restriction range: 3 (Massachusetts) - 6 (Arizona, Pennsylvania)
• Maximum age restriction range: 17 (Alabama) - ∞ (DC, Kansas, Vermont)

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Teacher Qualification / China

• National teachers’ qualification examinations
• The acdemic background should be higher than the local policy stated
• No criminal records

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Teacher Qualification / US

• At least bachelor’s degree
• Classroom experience
• Depending on school type, teacher shall have certain license or certification

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Standard Curriculum / China

• The New Curriculum Standard
• People's Education Press, Jiangsu Education Press, Ministry of Education

Standard Curriculum / US

• No national curriculum in primary and secondary education, the standards set by states
• Postsecondary standards set by individual institutions

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National Public Education Policies / China

• Education Law of the People’s Republic of China
• Compulsory Education Law of the People’s Republic of China
• Teachers Law of the People’s Republic of China
• ...More...

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National Public Education Policies / US

• Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
• No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
• ...More...

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