Legal analysis: 1. The formulation entity is different: 1. Education law: formulated by state power organs and state administrative organs in accordance with legal procedures. 2. Education policy: Education policy can be formulated by both political party organizations and national legislative and administrative organs. Second, the implementation methods are different: 1. Education law: any organization or individual must abide by it and must not violate it. 2. Education policy: The implementation mode of education policy mainly depends on the strength of the party and government or the party's discipline, and is implemented by means of calling, propaganda, education, explanation and mobilization, with limited coercive power. Third, norms have different functions: 1. Education law is a social norm that stipulates people's rights and obligations. Therefore, relevant social members and administrative personnel must abide by the implementation. The educational policies formulated by the state legislature and the state administrative organs are universally binding. 2. Education policy: The normative effect of education policy formulated by political party organs is only valid for political party organizations and their party member.

Legal basis: Education Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 4 Education is the foundation of socialist modernization, which is of decisive significance for improving people's comprehensive quality, promoting people's all-round development, enhancing the innovation and creativity of the Chinese nation and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The state guarantees to give priority to the development of education. The whole society should care about and support the development of education. The whole society should respect teachers.

Article 5 Education must serve the socialist modernization and the people, and must be combined with productive labor and social practice to cultivate socialist builders and successors with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor.