構造改革の実験・教育の実践

―矛盾を前提とした不登校対策―

抄録

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new school for Learning Disorder (LD) and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) pupils established in Hachioji-shi. The mayor and the Board of Education of this city decided to implement a structural reform program for special districts in order to officially modify the execution procedures based on the Law of School Education. The number of ADD and ADHD pupils at the elementary and middle school levels in Hachioji-shi is on the increase. The policy-making unit observed that this increasing trend can be controlled effectively by staffing the schools with experts. However, such new procedures were constrained by the law and discretionary mandates of the old-fashioned educational regulation before getting the approval for a structural reform program for special districts. This experiment has been made possible solely because of the support of the Koizumi Cabinet's structural reform and the experiences of educational measures cumulatively implemented in Hachioji-shi. This successful trial has been gradually recognized and adopted by many municipalities in Japan.