One step forward, two steps back? To the question of contemporary Russian education state

The article analyzes the current state of Russian educational processes, characterized by a large number of painful subjects and aspects. For example, the bolonization of the Russian educational model did not lead our education to international standards; the cult of knowledge in Russian society is replaced by the cult of success; the protest potential of Russian youth, if we analyze the experience of the last 25 years, is today higher than ever before; the hierarchy of professions according to the criteria of "respect” and "profitability” in the public eye looks inversely proportional. The authors of the article analyze the most actual phenomena, processes and trends in the public sector, formulate the main features of contemporary schoolchildren and students, the account of which can improve the effectiveness of the state educational policy and strengthen the national civil identity of the Russian young generation. Accordingly, it is extremely necessary to introduce innovative, interactive and creative technologies in the educational process, and only the government is able to cope with these tasks as the most resourceful and interested in strategic development subject of social-cultural interactions.