This book investigates the education policy in Chinese high schools from both concept and practice perspectives. It offers a specific lens to explore Chinese high school education since the reform and opening up, the teacher policy in Chinese high schools, the curriculum and textbook policy in Chinese high school, the school layout policy of Chinese high school education, the enrollment policy of college entrance examination, and the diversified development of high school education in China. All those dimensions related to exploring the education policy in Chinese high schools offer an understanding of the modernization of high school education in contemporary China since 1949. This book provides multiple perspective to investigate the systematic landscape of high school education, contextually.

Proposes the new idea of Chinese high school education policy to explore how to advocate compulsory education reform at China's education institutions Provides unique standpoints to illustrate the implicit connection between constructing the educational reform Investigates intensive discourse on exploring the high school education policy development with Chinese characteristics

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Jian Li is an assistant professor in the Institute of International and Comparative Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, China. She received her Ph.D. degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) from the School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington, the United States of America. Her research interests include education policy studies, globalization, and the internationalization of higher education. Dr. Li currently also plays the role of a 'think tanker' at the China Institute of Education and Social Development, Beijing Normal University. She has published more than 100 papers in Chinese and English in multiple SSCI (Social Sciences Citation Index) and CSSCI (Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index) indexed journals, such as Higher Education, International Journal of Education Research, Educational Philosophy and Theory, Educational Research, Comparative Education Research, and China Education Journal. Eryong Xue, Changjiang Scholar (Young Scholar) of the Ministry of Education, is a professor at the China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, China, where he also serves as the 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.

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Policy analysis of Chinese high school education since the reform and opening up.- Policy analysis of the teacher policy in Chinese high schools.- An analysis of the curriculum and textbook policy in Chinese high schools.- An Analysis of the school layout policy of Chinese high school education.- An analysis of the enrollment policy of college entrance examination.- An analysis of the diversified development of high school education in China.