Bill Of Rights Of Education Essay

The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments of the Constitution, that give United States Citizens basic rights. The document was written by Thomas Jefferson and was ratified on December 15, 1791. The rights outlined in the Bill of Rights mostly pertained to governmental and judicial rights, the liberties that all people in the country have and cannot be infringed upon by the government. Educational rights were not included in the Bill of Rights but were included in Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the document that outline the core values of the United Nations. The majority of the writing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was done by the United States. The differences in the two documents show how the United States’ societal values have changed. The addition …show more content…
Often children who had working-class families were not close enough to a school to go, or they had to help their family to survive. Although some children of higher class families were able to get an education, not every child was able to go to school and get an education. Girls of all classes were not allowed to go to school. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights declared that all children should be required to go to school. Elementary education was the only level that was mandatory but having some schooling mandatory is infinitely better than not allowing every child to get the education they need and deserve. This document also said that higher levels of education should be accessible for everyone and should be based on merit, not income. This shift in beliefs on education was a major step towards the values and beliefs of today's modern society. This was the beginning of the end of the widespread belief that only men are capable of learning, getting an education, and having respectable jobs that contribute to