Russian education faults

Despite the efforts made, various and progressive innovations in the education system remain a number of national problems, referred to as the “faults” of Russian education, which do not allow to achieve the strategic goals. The purpose of the study: to analyze the evolution of the reform of the domestic education system for a long historical period, analyzes the content of legal acts relating to Russian education, in particular the Law of the Russian Federation “On education in the Russian Federation”. The formation of education goals and the problems currently facing the Ministry of science and higher education of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of education of the Russian Federation and the independent Federal authority – Rosobrnadzor are analyzed. Two concepts of basic models of education, European and Anglo-American, are considered. It is noted that the Russian education in the present period of time, as well as other public institutions, in many respects are at the crossroads between the two models of management systems. Materials and method: comparative analysis of approaches to education management, as well as methods of scenario modeling and structural and functional analysis were chosen as research methods. The results of the comparative analysis allow us to state that the Russian education now, are at the crossroads of the choice of management system, the choice of which is hidden in the “rivalry” of the two concepts of the main models of education: European or Anglo-American. The European model assumes orientation of education on formation of the personality, the statement about need of orientation of formation of the personality in the mode of pragmatism is the basis of the Anglo-American model. The analysis allows us to conclude that the choice of management system largely depends on the socio-economic environment and the processes taking place in the country.