Managing education according to law means managing education according to law and standardizing educational behavior. In other words, on the basis of socialist democracy, education will gradually embark on the track of legalization and standardization. Specifically, it is to use laws to regulate educational management activities, coordinate educational relations, guide educational activities, solve educational contradictions, protect the legitimate rights and interests of schools and teachers and students, and promote the healthy and rapid development of education.

The contents of administering education according to law mainly include education legislation, education popularization, education law enforcement, education judicature, education law-abiding, education legal supervision, education legal relief, etc. Among them, administration and running schools according to law are the core manifestations of administering education according to law.

The significance of administering education according to law;

Managing education according to law embodies the basic characteristics of the party's leadership and governance under the new historical conditions. Managing education according to law is an important part of the strategy of governing the country according to law, and it is also the overall situation closely surrounding socialist modernization.

Through the construction of education legal system, we will ensure that education is carried out in full accordance with the will of the party and the people, promote and ensure the healthy and orderly development of education reform and development, ensure the implementation of the strategic position of giving priority to education development, and ensure the socialist direction of education and the implementation of the national education policy.

From the perspective of stressing politics and adhering to the essence of the socialist system, from the overall needs of educational reform and development, and from the perspective of transforming government functions and improving the level of serving the people, we should clearly understand the importance and urgency of fully implementing the rule of law under the new situation, unify our thinking, and unswervingly push forward the process of governing education according to law.