择校是当前基础教育领域内的热点问题之一,虽然在教育界和学术界引起了激烈的争论,但仍然有越来越多的家长卷进了择校热潮。在美国等西方发达国家,择校现象也同样普遍存在,甚至拥有更悠久的历史。虽然择校现象在全世界范围普遍存在,但中西方却各自拥有着不同的文化背景。 School choice is one of the hot issues in the field of basic education. Although there has been fierce controversy in both education and academia, more and more parents are still involved in the school choice boom. In developed countries like the United States and other western countries, the phenomenon of school choice is equally prevalent and even has a longer history. Although the phenomenon of school choice prevails all over the world, China and the West each have a different cultural background.