Open AccessProject Hope and the Hope School System in China
Author(s) -
Samuel C. Wang
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
education policy analysis archives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1068-2341
DOI - 10.14507/epaa.v7n28.1999
Subject(s) - equity (law) , china , educational equity , poverty , economic growth , curriculum , government (linguistics) , political science , public administration , sociology , pedagogy , primary education , public relations , economics , linguistics , philosophy , law
I investigate the creation, development, contributions and limits of Project Hope, a huge government-endorsed education project seeking non-governmental contributions to overcome educational inadequacy in poverty-stricken rural communities in transitional China. By reexamining the composition of sponsored students, the locations of Hope Primary Schools and non-educational orientations for building and expanding schools, I argue that Project Hope and its Hope School system have not contributed to educational access, equality, equity, efficiency and quality as it should have. Poverty-reduction-oriented curriculum requirements in Hope Primary Schools are theoretically misleading and realistically problematic.