Educational Pluralism in Europe: Where We Are and the Way Forward
Freedom and the right to education are foundational principles of the European Union’s constitutional framework. Educational pluralism, a way to organise education in which the government funds a wide variety of schools but holds all of them accountable for academic results, is recognised as essential for social mobility, equity, and individual development. Yet in their article for the
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Ignasi Grau, Peter Hefele, and Alexandre Moreira find that this constitutional right faces increasing challenges in Europe, as ideological and economic pressures threaten both access and diversity in educational options. They emphasise the necessity of legal and policy reforms that safeguard parental rights, foster alternative educational models, respect the autonomy of private schools, and guarantee access to core knowledge for all students. throughout Europe.
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