The development of the education system: the constitutional vector of identity

The article examines the identity of the Russian education system as one of the key elements of sovereign state development from a constitutional and legal perspective. Distinguishing between the categories of national and constitutional identity, ideally normative and actually social in their understanding, the author argues that Russia, rethinking its civilizational uniqueness, is moving in the constitutional process towards a more complete formalization of historically established values and ideas that define the education system, giving them a regulatory character and protection mechanisms, which should be adequately reflected in currently developing an education development strategy. The constitutional identity of the national education system is defined as a set of essential parameters of the education system determined by the values, principles, goals, linguistic and civilizational identity of the people, explicitly or implicitly enshrined in the Constitution and stemming from the national heritage. The key characteristics of this identity are: fundamentality, unity of education and upbringing, discipline, connection with vitality, striving for progress. The central role of the teacher is emphasized, the possibilities and risks of introducing artificial intelligence technologies as a tool are discussed, but not the values of the educational model itself.