Everything about Freedom Of Education totally explained
Freedom of education incorporates the right of any person to manage their own education, start a school, or to have access to the education of their choice without any constraints.In some countries enrollment in a public or government managed
school system is compulsory and young people are threatened and intimidated by police if they don't meet the state criteria of attendance. In principle, anyone or any community can start a school, freedom of education is meant to eliminate any monopoly on education.
Alternative schools typically don't enforce
compulsory education, but the freedom of families to make their own choices, as to whether or not to send their children to school.
Homeschool families are free to meet the educational needs of their own children.
Legal Protections for Educational Freedom
Freedom of education is a constitutional (legal) concept that has been included in several national constitutions, for example the
European Convention on Human Rights, the
Belgian constitution (article 17) and the
Dutch constitution (article 23).
The
United States the
Federal government lacks the right to restrict the
freedom of individuals to form schools or define educational curricula. Although
freedom of education isn't explicitly granted by the constitution, it has been ruled to be protected as part of the "liberty of citizens of the United States", which the Constitution protects, in several
Supreme Court decisions, including
Meyer v. Nebraska (
1923),
Pierce v. Society of Sisters (
1925) and
Wisconsin v. Yoder (
1972).
Brown v. Board of Education was landmark supreme case that over turned
segregation in schools based on the color of one's skin.
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