Regional models of implementing state policy for digital transformation of general education in the Russian Federation: typology and management differences

The subject of the study is regional differentiation as a stable managerial characteristic of state policy on the digital transformation of general education in the Russian Federation: how regional entities adapt a unified federal policy and what typologically distinguishable models emerge in the process. The object of the study is the state policy of digital transformation of the general education system in the Russian Federation at the stage of its practical implementation at the regional level. The author examines in detail such aspects as the logic of interaction between regional digital ecosystems and the federal platform contour, the nature of the adaptation of the subjects of the Russian Federation to uniform federal requirements, as well as the managerial configurations arising from the implementation of policy under conditions of institutional heterogeneity of territories. Special attention is paid to the distinction between the formal connection of regions to the federal platform environment and real institutional involvement—namely, the depth of managerial mastery of digital solutions in specific regional conditions—as well as the systemic nature of the gap between aggregated coverage indicators and substantive results of transformations. The methodological basis of the research consists of a comparative analysis of regional practices in implementing federal policies and a typology method. The empirical basis includes analytical reports from HSE, monitoring data of federal projects, and case studies on 13 subjects of the Russian Federation selected based on the principle of maximum diversity of managerial configurations. A four-element typology of regional models for implementing state policy on digital transformation of general education is proposed, built on a managerial rather than resource basis: autonomous ecosystem, hybrid integrated, federally experimental, and specialized autonomous. An analytical distinction is introduced between the formal connection of a region to the federal platform environment and real institutional involvement as an independent managerial characteristic of the policy. It has been established that the platform consolidation of the federal contour, achieved by the end of 2025 with coverage of 83 out of 89 subjects, does not eliminate managerial variability but transforms it: the question of whether a region is connected is replaced by the question of "with what institutional logic is it included." Regional differentiation has a stable, not temporary character and is not reduced to resource inequality, having an independent institutional dimension. The necessity of transitioning from a quantitative logic of indicator management to differentiated mechanisms of interaction between the federal center and regions of different types is justified.