美國特許學校的發展狀況及其對我國教育改革的啟示

What Can We Learn from American's Charter School Movement?

陳仕宗(Shyh-Tzong, Chen)

《花蓮師院學報》 10期 (2000/10) Pp. 127-143

摘要

近年來，民眾對國內教育狀況日益感到不滿，雖然教育部大力提升學校教育品質，然而成果堪慮。美國的公立學校教育品質久受詬病，但自引進特許學校後，已對其教育政策及學校改革產生深遠的影響。特許學校係以績效、選擇、自主三項理念爲基礎，形塑了目前有關改革的話題及行動。在熱心家長、認真教師的合作下，特許學校成爲測試上述三項理念的實驗場，且已證明在提供公平且卓越的教育上是成功且有價值的，其過程頗有値得我國借鏡之處。本文簡述其意義、目的、理念、類型，以及研究發現，正反意見等，藉供相關單位作爲參考。

關鍵字

特許學校 ； 教育改革 ； 績效責任

並列摘要

In recent years, pessimism about public education in R.O.C. was on the rise. Though, the R.O.C. Ministry of Education has been making great efforts to improve the quality of public school, the results were disappointed. The quality of American's public school has long been accused of, but the introduction of charter school on the American education scene has dramatically influenced education policy and school reform across the country. The charter concept, grounded in the three ideals of accountability, choice, and autonomy, has shaped both the dialog and activity surrounding reform. The charter schools, serving eager families, served by dedicated educators, have provided a laboratory in which those three concepts have been tested, and proven successful and valuable to creating equitable and excellent education for children. Educational reform in R.O.C. surely can learn some lessons from it.

並列關鍵字

Charter school ； Educational reform ； accountability