Unbalanced Educational Resources under Urban Expansion: Based on the Allocation Characteristics of Educational Resources in Primary and Secondary Schools and Their Testing

Abstract

The factual analysis of the allocation characteristics of educational resources in primary and secondary schools shows that the allocation of educational resources in various jurisdictions of the city is obviously unbalanced in terms of human and financial resources. This paper finds that urban expansion in recent years is one of the important reasons leading to the unbalanced development of educational resources, and urban expansion has a significant impact on the unbalanced development of educational resources. Local governments, motivated by political promotion, have limited investment in education in newly-built urban areas, and the structural problems of educational resources allocation in old and new urban areas have not been effectively improved. Superimposed on the initial hierarchical system of school layout in basic education in China," choosing schools by housing" is an inevitable choice. Housing prices bind educational resources, strengthen the imbalance of educational resources, reduce urban efficiency and hinder the realization of educational equity. We should establish and improve the guarantee mechanism of educational resources investment in newly-built urban areas, implement the enrollment policy of "large school districts" and explore the sharing mechanism of high-quality teachers' resources.