Research on the Basic Education Spatial Distribution in Shandong Province

Educational equity is the main principle of the basic educational balancing development, while the quantitative analysis of the educational equity indices has been a difficult issue in education theory and policy problem. The paper examines the spatial pattern of basic educational equity in Shandong province by exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA), specifically including spatial autocorrelation, geographically weighted regression and spatial clustering. Our preliminary studies help reveal the key factors contributing to the basic education and explicitly explain the relationship between education attainment and other socioeconomy factors. Furthermore, based on ESDA methods, the paper explores the basic education resources disparities of county level in Shandong province. The basic education spatial distribution study provides rational implications for public policy and education planning practice in Shandong province.