发生在我国大陆的512汶川特大地震严重破坏了灾区教育系统,汶川、北川、青川等18个极重灾区和重灾区有千余所中小学受灾,极重灾区基础教育系统的受灾率超过80%。今天,如何有效地展开灾区学校重建成为一项复杂而艰巨的任务。本刊特组发有关我国台湾地区921震后学校重建实践的探讨,以及有关学者在制度层面上的反思,以期能够为灾区学校重建提供可资借鉴的经验与策略。 The 512 Wenchuan earthquake, which occurred in mainland China, seriously damaged the disaster-stricken education system and affected more than 1,000 primary and secondary schools in 18 severely affected and worst-hit areas such as Wenchuan, Beichuan and Qingchuan. The disaster-hit rate of the basic education system in the severely affected areas exceeded 80% . Today, how to effectively rebuild a school in a disaster-stricken area can be a complicated and arduous task. In this issue, the author specially made a discussion on the practice of school reconstruction in Taiwan after the 921 earthquake in Taiwan and the scholars’ introspection on the institutional level with a view to providing lessons and strategies for the reconstruction of schools in disaster-stricken areas.