Kyoiku Kaikaku Ha America No Shippai Wo Oikakeru Gakuryoku Test, Shochu Ikkan, Gakkou Tohaigo No Zentai Zo

[Machine Translation] The Abe administration has embarked on a school system reform that fundamentally changes the way elementary, junior high, and high schools are run, in total denial of the principle of equal opportunity in education. The key to this reform is the establishment of integrated elementary and junior high schools, which will be used as a pretext to consolidate schools, and the trial of public-private schools. These educational "reforms" in Japan closely resemble the steps taken in the U.S. over the past 20 years. The forced standardized testing has led to the destruction of public schools in poor neighborhoods and the collapse of local communities. On the other hand, the U.S. is providing an attractive education market to the private sector, and is providing a generous elite education and training for soldiers. But there is also a budding collaboration among teachers, parents, and students to protect local schools. This book reveals the overall picture of the simultaneous achievement tests, the establishment of integrated elementary and junior high schools, and the consolidation of schools that are now being enforced throughout Japan, and explores a counter-argument that is people-oriented, taking its cue from the movements of teachers and parents in the United States.

安倍政権は、教育の機会均等原則を全否定して、小学校・中学校・高校のあり方を抜本的に改変する学制改革に乗り出している。その尖兵が小中一貫校設立とそれを口実とした学校統廃合であり、公設民営学校の試行である。こうした日本の教育「改革」は、じつはこの20年来のアメリカの足取りと酷似している。統一テストの強要により貧困地域の公立学校を壊滅に追い込み、地域社会は崩壊へ。他方、民間企業に魅力ある教育市場を提供し、手厚いエリート教育と兵士養成教育につき進んでいるアメリカ。しかし、地域の学校を守ろうという教師、親、生徒の共同の芽も育ちつつある。本書は、今、日本全国で強行されている一斉学力テスト、小中一貫校の開設、学校統廃合の全体像を明らかにし、アメリカでの教員・親の運動にもヒントを得て、住民本位の対抗軸を探る。