一河北省阳原县,早于1964年就在全县范围内实现了普及小学教育。这年6月2日,人民日报发表了社论,高度赞扬阳原县普及小学教育的重大意义,称阳原县是教育战线上的一面红旗。那时至今已有18年了。18年来,阳原县的教育工作,经历了十年内乱的冲击,普及小学教育曾一度受到影响和破坏,但是,他们在粉碎 Yangyuan County, Hebei Province, implemented universal primary education within the county as early as 1964. On June 2 this year, People’s Daily published an editorial that highly praised the great significance of popularizing primary education in Yangyuan County, saying that Yangyuan County is a red flag on the education front. It has been 18 years since then. In the past 18 years, the educational work in Yangyuan County had undergone a decade of civil strife and the popularization of primary education had been affected and destroyed for a time. However,