The Centre for Education Law and Policy (CELP) is grateful for the opportunity to have a section in SA Public Law set aside for articles dealing with Education Law. Considering the rate at which the highest courts in South Africa, for example, the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court, are called upon to decide on educational matters, it is clear that not only education stakeholders such as the National Department of Basic Education, provincial departments of basic education, principals, governing bodies and educators, but also the courts struggle to benchmark the interpretation of Education Law against the Constitution. With this in mind, CELP invited articles from experts in Constitutional Law and Education Law on the theme: Benchmarking South African Education Law against the Constitution.