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In the article the models of development of the Russian and American education on the example of formation of elite schools are analyzed. There are considered the distinctions connected with the national historical traditions, mentality, economic and political structure of these countries, the mobilization or the innovative types of development. The author notes that, though the models of development of the Russian and American education were initially opposite to each other, now there are being observed similar problems in them which testify to the most severe crisis of the national educational systems. A conclusion is made about what kind of state policy should Russia have in the field of elite education.