笔者调查了农村地区近５０位小学校长的情况，结果表明：当前农村小学校长队伍状况令人担忧。一是大部分农村小学校长年龄老化，校长年龄超过５０岁的约占７０％。他们中大多数是２０世纪中叶参加工作的，曾为基础教育事业做出过贡献。尽管他们工作兢兢业业，但目前已明显力不 The author investigated the situation of nearly 50 primary school principals in rural areas. The result shows that the current situation of principals in rural primary schools is worrying. First, most rural primary school principals age aging, principals over the age of 50 accounted for about 70%. Most of them joined the work in the mid-20th century and have contributed to basic education. Although they are working diligently, it is obvious that they have not done so far