Renovating the unified textbooks for the three subjects, extending the "ten minute break between classes", and stipulating the disciplinary power of teachers... These new policies and changes will have a profound impact on campus life during the start of the school year. After two years of revision, the three subject unified textbooks for compulsory education will be revitalized, and will be "refreshed" in September of the golden autumn. According to the Ministry of Education on August 27th, after more than two years of revision, the unified textbooks for compulsory education ethics and rule of law, Chinese language, and history have recently completed all the editing and review procedures. On the premise of maintaining the overall capacity basically unchanged, the selection of materials is more diverse, the arrangement is more scientific, and the educational orientation is more distinct. The newly revised three subject unified textbooks emphasize the latest achievements of the Party's innovative theory, the achievements of the Chinese Civilization Exploration Project, major theme education, etc. It will also strengthen the connection between primary and secondary education and optimize art design. In terms of content increment, moral and legal textbooks strengthen the learning of the latest achievements of the Party's innovative theory; New texts such as "The Light of Youth," which reflects the deeds of Huang Wenxiu, have been created by organizing writers to collect inspiration on site; History textbooks present the historic achievements and changes of the new era. Focusing on reflecting the achievements of the Chinese Civilization Exploration Project, students can "trace" representative archaeological achievements such as Liangzhu Ancient City, Taosi Ancient City, and Niuheliang Site in history textbooks. We will adopt methods such as system integration and key strengthening to further incorporate national security education, rule of law education, and education on strengthening the sense of community of the Chinese nation. According to the plan, the unified textbooks for compulsory education will cover all grades within three years. This autumn semester, it will be used for the first grade of primary school and the first grade of junior high school; By 2025, primary school grades one, two, and three, as well as junior high school grades one and two, will be used; By 2026, all grades in compulsory education will be replaced. In addition, the "2024 Catalogue of National Curriculum Teaching Books for Compulsory Education (revised according to the 2022 version of the curriculum standards)" has for the first time included large font textbooks for low vision disabled students studying in regular schools. Extending the "ten minute break" to encourage students to go outdoors. In recent years, the disappearance of the "ten minute break" in primary and secondary schools has attracted social attention. In response, education departments in many places have issued documents emphasizing the guarantee of "ten minutes between classes" for students and guiding them to leave the classroom during breaks. The Ministry of Education responded that it will further urge localities and schools to strictly implement relevant national regulations, follow the laws of education and students' physical and mental development, and resolutely correct the practice of simply restricting students' necessary breaks and activities under the pretext of "ensuring student safety". On August 30th, the Beijing Municipal Education Commission announced that starting from this autumn semester, compulsory education schools in Beijing will make overall optimization of break arrangements, implementing a 15 minute break time in principle, providing more relaxed break time, guiding teachers and students to step out of the classroom, go outdoors, and step into the sunshine, enjoying a healthier and more vibrant campus life, and promoting students' physical and mental health development. According to current regulations, the daily recess activities of students in compulsory education schools in Beijing are divided into small recess and large recess, with the small recess lasting 10 minutes. In this adjustment, the additional time for small breaks is mainly optimized and adjusted from large breaks, evenly distributed to each small break. After optimization and adjustment, the morning to school, afternoon to school, and lunch break times for primary school students will remain unchanged; In junior high school, except for a slight delay of 5 minutes after school, the morning arrival time and lunch break time remain unchanged overall. The education administrative departments at both the urban and rural levels in Beijing will strengthen supervision and inspection, further standardize the order of education and teaching, strictly prohibit dragging classes and early classes, not arbitrarily shorten the duration of students' recess activities, not set unnecessary constraints on students' recess activities, resolutely eliminate the problem of prohibiting students from leaving the classroom during recess, and ensure the implementation of recess requirements. Maintaining the disciplinary power of teachers in education and supporting teachers to actively discipline the rights and interests of the teacher community has also been a hot topic in recent years. Recently, there have been new policies regarding the disciplinary power of teachers in education. On August 26th, the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Promoting the Spirit of Educators and Strengthening the Construction of a High quality and Professional Teacher Team in the New Era" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") were released, which proposed to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of teachers. Maintain the power of teachers to educate and punish, and support teachers to actively discipline. The Opinion also proposes that schools and relevant departments should ensure that teachers fulfill their educational responsibilities in accordance with the law. Those who insult, defame, maliciously hype and other words and deeds towards teachers, and commit crimes, shall be held criminally responsible in accordance with the law. Schools and education departments should support teachers in safeguarding their legitimate rights and interests. We will vigorously reduce the burden on teachers, coordinate and regulate social affairs on campus, streamline inspection, evaluation and assessment items, and ease the burden on primary and secondary school teachers, university teachers and researchers, fully ensuring that teachers engage in their main responsibilities and businesses. The "Rules for Punishing Education in Primary and Secondary Schools (Trial)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Rules"), which came into effect as early as March 2021, stipulate the power of educational punishment. The "Rules" propose that schools and teachers should follow the laws of education, fulfill their duties in accordance with the law, correct students' erroneous words and deeds in a timely manner through active discipline and educational punishment, and cultivate students' awareness of rules and responsibilities. The "Rules" emphasize that if a teacher disputes with a student or their parents due to the implementation of educational punishment, the school should handle it in a timely manner. If the teacher is not at fault, they shall not be given disciplinary or other unfavorable treatment due to the implementation of educational punishment. For students with relatively minor violations and disciplinary actions, the "Rules" specify the specific measures for teachers to implement educational punishment, including naming and criticizing students, ordering them to apologize, making verbal or written reviews, and standing in the classroom during one class teaching time. At the same time, it also clarifies the 8 types of behaviors that teachers are not allowed to engage in during the process of educational management and disciplinary action. (New Society)