Led by the leading school to drive weak schools, Yidu, Hubei has included primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in the city into 12 teaching consortia. The picture shows Xiang Xuemei organizing students to carry out mathematical practice activities. Our reporter Wu Jun took a photo of the core reading. In order to achieve a balanced development of urban and rural education, Yidu City, Hubei Province, has carried out the exploration of the teaching union model since last year. All 71 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in the city have been included in 12 teaching unions, led by an urban school, and built in pairs with many rural schools. For over a year, change has been happening quietly. Under the leadership of an urban school and in partnership with a number of rural schools, all 71 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in the city are included in 12 educational federations, and the personnel management, fund management, teaching management, resource allocation, assessment and evaluation of urban and rural schools in each educational federation are all unified - this is the exploration of educational federations model implemented by Yidu City, Hubei Province since last year. How can educational resources within the Education Federation be connected and shared? What changes have taken place in rural schools? With these questions in mind, the reporter conducted a visit. The ringing of the clear bell for class in order to revitalize the resources and retain the students in rural schools calmed down the central primary school in Gaobazhou Town, Yidu City. In the second grade classroom on the first floor of the teaching building, 34 students began mathematical practice activities under the leadership of Teacher Xiang Xuemei. There is only one class in a grade, with over 30 students in each class - this is the current situation of Gaobazhou Town Central Primary School. The school is only a ten minute drive from the urban area, and most families with conditions have sent their children to the urban school. "Yang Wuzhou, the principal of Gaobazhou Town Central Primary School, said that the new students do not want to come in, and the old students still turn outside. The dilemma faced by Gaobazhou Town Central Primary School is also a common problem for many rural primary and secondary schools. Since last year, the primary school and junior high school in Panjiawan Tujia people Township have been merged to establish a nine-year Panjiawan primary and secondary school in Yidu City due to the decrease in the number of students. In this situation, how to run rural schools well poses a challenge to the local education department. Zhang Zuhua, director of the Yidu Education Bureau, said: "We must narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, regions, schools and groups in education, and strive to make every child have a fair and quality education, so as to better meet the needs of the people to 'study hard' at home." In June 2022, the report of the 12th Party Congress of Hubei Province proposed to promote the equalization of basic public services in urban and rural areas, and vigorously promote the construction of the education federation. Before the school starts in September 2022, Yidu City will take the urban high school, compulsory education school and education group, preschool education group as the "leading school", and rural schools as the teaching union schools. It will implement the "1+N" form of pair building. According to the "consolidation of similar items" of the school section, and taking into account the geographical location, it has established 12 teaching unions, with the urban and rural coverage rate of 100%. Gaobazhou Central Primary School joined the teaching consortium led by Lucheng No. 1 Primary School in Yidu City. Yang Wuzhou, the backbone of teaching and management at Lucheng First Primary School, was sent to serve as the principal of Gaobazhou Town Central Primary School. His arrival stirred up a pool of spring water. Gaobazhou Town Central Primary School is a national level intangible cultural heritage inheritance base for the riddles of Qinglin Temple. Yang Wuzhou seized this feature and arranged a song and dance program called "Qinglin Dolls Love Guessing Puzzles", which was selected for the 2023 National "Village Evening" Demonstration Exhibition. Morale is rising