Education balance, in essence, refers to the current balanced development of basic education under the control of the principles of educational equity and equality, mainly refers to the balanced development of education between different regions, between urban and rural areas, between different schools in the same region, and between different groups in the same school. Educational equity means that people enjoy the conditions and fair treatment of relatively equal in receiving education, sharing educational resources and enjoying educational achievements. It includes the educational starting point, the educational process and the fairness of educational results. Education belongs to the public domain, has the nature of public welfare, is the basis of social justice, but also a means to achieve social justice.

Advocating the concept of educational equity and realizing the value of educational equity is the basic requirement of educational publicity, and it is also the inevitable choice to promote the development and perfection of social equity and build a harmonious socialist society. Promoting the balanced development of education is the premise of realizing educational equity. The report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that education equity is the foundation of social equity. The equity of basic education is the foundation of the whole educational equity. Only when the educational development is balanced and the educational opportunities are fair can the sustainable development of basic education be guaranteed. Because the school education system in urban and rural areas is unified and the allocation of educational resources is the same, the educated are consistent from the starting line of education regardless of whether they have money or not, thus making the whole education fair.

Promoting the balanced development of education is the basis of realizing the healthy development of education. Basic education is national education and the goal of education is to improve people's quality. In schools with good school conditions, everyone wants to send their children in, which brings great pressure to urban schools. The workload of teachers is greatly increased, the body is overloaded, the school space is getting smaller and smaller, children are crowded in class, and even teachers use loudspeakers in class. However, rural teachers have a negative mentality and are uncomfortable teaching in rural areas. So it is difficult to go to school, but the desire to study at school has become a new problem.

Promoting the balanced development of education is the guarantee to achieve the goal of a harmonious society. The report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that education is a public service that concerns the public interest, the whole nation and the present and future of the country and nation. If the education is unbalanced and unfair, the conditions for running a school are getting stronger and stronger, and the weak schools are getting weaker and weaker; Vulnerable groups have a low starting point, and there is not only a regional gap, but also a growing gap between people, and the poverty level is getting deeper and deeper. Therefore, the goal of a harmonious society is