Issue
Educational Freedom
Helping Students Thrive
Parents should be free to choose the education they believe will best meet their children’s needs. With educational freedom, each child has the best opportunity to pursue his or her highest potential to flourish and contribute to the world.
That is why the Liberty Justice Center’s attorneys defend school choice programs that give parents that freedom—and why the Liberty Justice Center fights for the rights of families that choose innovative non-traditional educational models such as microschooling.
The Liberty Justice Center also stands up for families with children in government schools, defending students’ right to speak freely and be free from arbitrary discrimination, and parents’ right to know and speak out about what goes on at their children’s schools.
6 Educational Rights Parents Should Know
Our Cases Fighting For Educational Freedom
Our Fight in the News
Three Groups File Amicus Briefs in Florida Child Transition Case
(The Center Square)—A parental rights group and two constitutional liberty groups have filed “friend of the court” briefs in a case involving a Florida family suing a school district over the “social” transition of their daughter without their knowledge or approval. The case, Littlejohn v. School Board of Leon County,...
Liberty Justice Center Supports Florida Parents in Gender Identity School Policy Case
(Legal Newsline)—On April 30, 2025, the Liberty Justice Center, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), and Dr. Erica Anderson filed an amici brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The brief supports two Florida parents, January and Jeffrey Littlejohn, who allege that their local...
Supreme Court Hears Case on Religious Charter Schools and State Exclusion Policies
(Legal Newsline)—On April 30, the U.S. Supreme Court conducted oral arguments in the case of Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond. The case could determine if religious organizations are eligible to operate charter schools and whether states can exclude them based solely on their religious affiliation. Liberty Justice Center...
State Discipline Law Keeps Black, Latino Kids In Class. Trump Says It’s Illegal
(Los Angeles Times)—Violating a school dress code. Using a cellphone in class. Mouthing off at a teacher. There was a time when that kind of behavior, called “willfully defiant” conduct, would get a California public school student suspended. But over the last decade, a sea change in state discipline policy...