WTO《农业协定》及农产品贸易规则执行评价（上）

2008年7月29日在日内瓦持续9天的多哈回合部长会议谈判，由于未能在关键的农业问题上达成一致，无果而终。通过对十余年来《农业协定》及农产品贸易规则的执行情况进行回顾，全面分析发达国家及发展中国家执行协定的情况，找出各自的特点、存在的问题与不足，探讨谈判失败的原因和教训。第一部分分析发达国家的执行情况及农产品贸易特点；通过分析美国陆地棉案评价美国农产品补贴制度的实质以及专家纽裁决的意义。第二部分分析发展中国家的执行情况及农产品贸易特点。第三部分分析中国《农业协定》的执行情况，农产品贸易特点以及中国的立场。     

SEX EDUCATION LEFT AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE SCHOOL DOOR: STRICTER REQUIREMENTS FOR PARENTAL OPT‐OUT PROVISIONS

Current state law creates the risk that, if sex education is not provided to a child in public school, no similar instruction will be given to the child. Legislatively enacted opt‐out provisions give parents broad control over their child's education by granting them the option to have their child excused from any sex education requirements within a public school's curriculum. Through public school sex education, professionals provide youth information aimed at protecting them from the dangers of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). A stricter statutory opt‐out provision should be enacted by state legislatures that only allows parents to excuse their child from sex education after a parent attends a 90‐minute STD prevention course and receives the instructional material used in the school's sex education curriculum. Parents should be provided up‐to‐date information and a structural framework designed by the school to encourage them to discuss with their child the many sexual issues addressed within a school's sex education curriculum.     

高等职业教育国际化限制因素分析及对策

经济全球化、市场国际化的倾向,决定了高等职业教育的发展必须走国际化的道路。但高等职业教育国际化的进程中存在着一些我们必须面对的限制因素,如何有针对性地化解这些限制性因素是高等职业教育国际化所面临的首要问题。     

教育、法制与精神文明建设

教育是精神文明建设的基础工程,是促进社会全面进步的重要手段。法制是社会主义精神文明的重要标志,是精神文明建设的强有力保障。正确运用教育和法制,可确保精神文明建设的健康发展。     

Cost‐Effectiveness of Early Childhood Interventions to Enhance Preschool: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Head Start Centers Enrolling Historically Underserved Populations

We evaluate the cost‐effectiveness of two early childhood interventions that use instructional coaching and parent coaching as levers for improvement. The study design allows us to compare the individual effects of each intervention as well as their combined effect on student outcomes. We find that teachers receiving instructional coaching improve their use of evidence‐based instructional practices, while families receiving parent coaching show increases in numerous responsive parenting behaviors associated with positive child outcomes. Both interventions demonstrate positive impacts on students, but only parent coaching shows statistically significant effects across a range of student outcomes. Instructional coaching alone is substantially less costly and may therefore be the most cost‐effective of the three treatment conditions; however, small sample sizes limit our ability to reach definitive conclusions. Policy simulations suggest that implementing these interventions could raise the overall cost‐effectiveness of Head Start by at least 16 percent.     

Alternative South–South development collaboration? The role of China in the Coega Special Economic Zone in South Africa

Aid, in the form of financial aid and investment, has become increasingly prevalent in both bilateral and multilateral partnerships in the BRICS. In Africa, the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation provides the official framings for forms of development assistance to the continent, with financial forms of aid available through the New Development Bank and the China–Africa Development Bank (CADFund). This article explores how Chinese international development assistance has influenced South Africa's economic growth and development strategies and is reshaping South Africa as “gateway” to Africa and continental leader. Special economic zones (SEZs) have become a prioritised form of BRICS development collaboration particularly in terms of Chinese trade and investment expansionism into Africa through South Africa. Chinese international development assistance and foreign direct investment in South Africa in particular are very notable and have been strengthened during the Chinese official state visit prior to the Johannesburg BRICS Summit in 2018. The article critically analyses the development policy discourse on BRICS spearheading an alternative model of South–South international cooperation by examining the Coega SEZ in South Africa, hailed as the most SEZ in Africa. The article critically examines the development alternative potential of the Coega SEZ.     

Identity beyond borders: national identity and the post-colonial alternative

The study examines national identity in school curricula against the backdrop of globalization and its forces to create a universal global identity beyond particular affiliations. To that end, the study examines the problematic nature of Western notion of identity formation, and simultaneously asks whether political socialization in the nation-state school system is conducive of the development of cosmopolitan identity, an identity beyond national borders. Jordan, Israel, and Palestine are the three-case studies discussed in this article. Theoretically, the study contributes to the ongoing scholarly debate concerning the question of identity, political socialization, globalization, and nationalism. I make use of postcolonial theories to demonstrate the shortcomings of the logocentric way of theorizing identity as a binary twin, rooted in the relational formation between Self and Other, and search for alternative strategies to identity formation.     

论当代中国共产党人的马克思主义观

在当前国际国内全新的历史背景下,中共十七届四中全会提出大力推进马克思主义中国化、时代化、大众化。这既是当代中国共产党人的马克思主义观的集中体现和庄严宣示,也是当前推进马克思主义理论创新的重大任务和根本目标导向。中国特色社会主义理论既是马克思主义中国化、时代化、大众化的理论结晶,又是在新的历史起点上推进马克思主义三化的理论指导。因此,以我们正在做的事情为中心,着眼于马克思主义理论的应用,着眼于对实际问题的理论思考,着眼于新的实践和新的发展,立足中国国情、研究中国问题、反映时代精神、回答时代课题、引领时代潮流,关注大众需求、回应大众关切、解答大众困惑,乃是当代中国共产党人深入推进马克思主义中国化、时代化、大众化的必由之路。     

思想政治教育在现代国家建设中的软实力价值

思想政治教育作为人类社会客观存在的实践活动,在现代国家建设中具有重要的软实力价值.政治认同感的培育、文化竞争力的提升、社会的有效整合、国民素质的提高、民族精神家园的建构等都离不开思想政治教育.当前,加强和改进思想政治教育,是提升我国国家软实力,实现软实力和硬实力协调发展的重要措施.     

农村教育：问题与对策

随着我国农村经济状况的不断好转,农村教育环境和水平也在不断地提高,但我们必须清醒地认识到农村教育还存在投入不足、与城市教育差距加大、教师整体素质不高等问题。为此,我们应增加多元化教育投入,改善分配体制;认真落实国家各项政策,提高教师素质;净化社会风气,为学生提供良好的学习环境。