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.

Presents a rural education policy to advocate for education reform in rural China Analyzes discourse on exploring conceptual, practical, and strategical Proposes strategic measures to address various challenges of rural education in China

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Jian Li, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University. While pursuing her Ph.D. at Indiana University in Bloomington, USA, Dr. Li served as the Senior Research Consultant for the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Inclusion and Diversity, and in associate researcher positions at 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. Dr. Li has published over 40 articles, monographs and book chapters.Eryong Xue, Ph.D. Changjiang Scholar of Ministry of Education, is a Professor at the China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, where he serves as the Chief Scholar from the Ministry of Education of the 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.

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The rural school layout adjustment in China.- The rural teacher development in China.- The rural students' all-round education development in China.- The vocational education in China's rural areas.- The rural education informatization development in China.