From March 10th to 12th, six middle school headmasters and school delegations from New York, Chicago and other places of American, came to the Sino-American High School Headmaster Summit Forum held in the Education Bureau of Yichang. During the form, the six headmasters and school delegations of American had conversation with more than ten middle school headmasters of Yichang and educational experts based on the issues on international exchange, education management, teacher training and the differences between American and Chinese education.

　　On March 10th, the representatives of Yichang’s middle schools raised a series of questions to the headmasters of America, such as “What is the main point of American education development? “ What is the desire of the American school headmasters in the 21st century?” Peter Kim, the representative of Peoria School, replied that their aim of education is to make every student unique and independent, and he also said that the biggest problems they are facing today is how to make the student creative and how to make the students learn from team cooperation, which they are trying to explore deeply in the future.

　　Questions like "what is the difference between Chinese and American education? How much do you know about Chinese students" was heatedly discussed at the forum? Christopher Posner, the headmaster of North Star School, introduced that chances will be canceled unless the students are well prepared, which means the future of the students can’t be decided on one failure. Besides, American education concerns more about the comprehensive qualities of students. He also said that the career education begins early when children are young. From learning the surface of one career to exploring the root of one career, students can figure out the fields in which they are interested and make a final decision to choose their future careers when they are in middle school.

　　Johna Cohen, who came from Grimme Middle School, said that American students are eager to express their own ideas while Chinese students tend to keep silence in class. Moreover, the group cooperation is a common phenomenon in the classrooms of American primary schools.

　　Qin Jianghong, the headmaster of the No.25 Middle School, introduced the learning situation of the group cooperation in the classrooms of middle schools of Yichang.(Reporter: Cao Yu ; Correspondent: Zhang Lilei )