90年代以来,美国联邦政府开始更多地关注教育,参与教育事务。1994年和1996年分别召开了美国历史上第一、二次全国教育高峰会议。布什任职期间提出做一位教育总统,克林顿在1997年2月4日发表的“国情咨文”中明确提出,他下一任四年中的第一首要任务,是保证美国拥有世界上最好的教育。以后,联邦政府大幅度增加其预算内教育经费,各州政府和教育机构也积极行动,推进教育改革。细察这次教育改革的动向,可见其主要目的集中 Since the 1990s, the U.S. federal government has begun to pay more attention to education and participation in education. The first and second national education summits in the history of the United States were held in 1994 and 1996 respectively. During Bush’s inauguration, he proposed to be a president of education. Clinton explicitly stated in his “State of the Union Address” published on February 4, 1997 that the first priority of his next four years is to ensure that the United States has the best education in the world. . Later, the federal government substantially increased its budgetary education funding, and state governments and educational institutions also took active actions to advance education reforms. Observing the trends of this educational reform, it can be seen that its main purpose is to focus on