Modern education will develop along the following trends: (1) Education for all is the direction of education development. (2) Lifelong education. Lifelong education means that people should and need all kinds of education all their lives, and education should not stop from birth to death. (3) Democratization of education. Make education the right and obligation of the whole people, and everyone is equal before educational opportunities. Eliminate undemocratic education such as autocracy, closure and indoctrination, and establish democratic education such as respect, openness, encouragement and participation. (4) Educational modernization. Educational modernization is the reflection of social, political and economic changes in education, and it is also the change of education as a whole. Educational modernization includes the reform of educational system, educational structure, educational concept, educational content, educational means and methods, among which the modernization of educational concept is the core. (5) Education and society closely cross, influence and connect with each other. (6) Educational scientific research is the forerunner of educational decision-making. Educational planning and decision-making are based on scientific research, which is the forerunner of educational decision-making.