Freedom of education
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Freedom of education incorporates the right of any person to form a school and the right of parents, their children, or students to be educated at the school of their choice. In some countries enrollment in a public or government managed school system is compulsory and individuals are blocked from founding schools without a license. In principle, anyone could found a school, freedom of education is meant to eliminate any monopoly on education.
[edit] Legal Protections for Educational Freedom
Freedom of education is a constitutional (legal) concept that has been included in several national constitutions, e.g. the European Convention on Human Rights, the Belgian constitution (article 17) and the Dutch constitution (article 23).
In 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 is not 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).
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Education was created to ensure freedom therefor this is the most important freedom.
