This article uses curriculum-making frameworks to analyse and reconstruct the Chinese curriculum-making model and unpack the dynamics, complexity and constraints of China's curriculum reform since the early 1990s. It argues that curriculum reform is China's main human capital development strategy for coping with the challenges of the 21st century,…

Offers twelve lessons that can be learned by examining the ideas and practices concerning the improvement of schools. Discusses the potential and complexities of each lesson in detail and provides a summary of what can be learned from U.S. history. Includes references. (CMK)