Freedom of education is a constitutional (legal) concept based on the premise that it is the right of free parents to send their children to the school of their choice. Freedom of education is meant to eliminate any monopoly on education. In principle anyone could found a school. This concept 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 freedom of education is not explicitly granted by the constitution; but has been found to be a part of the "liberty of citizens of the United States", which the Constitution protects, in several Supreme Court decisions, e.g. Meyer v. Nebraska (1923), Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925) and Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972).

Human rights

Liberté d'enseignement