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Even allowing that the MA constitution enables the government to mandate that certain educational standards be met -- which I think is a pretty liberal reading of the rather vague, preamble-esque text you posted -- I would say that the burden of proof is upon the state to show that the parents are *failing* to educate their children, not that the parents have to prove that they are succeeding. As someone else pointed out on this thread, the state appears to lack probable cause in this situation. Has anyone even alleged that the Bryant children are, for example, illiterate? In the absence of such evidence, I see no reason why their parents are obligated to prove their fitness to educate any more than any other parents are required to prove that they aren't abusive.