The article explores the problems of developing ideological and value foundations of state policy in the fi eld of general education, which are a necessary condition for ensuring educational sovereignty of the Russian Federation. A critical analysis of the liberal paradigm that defi ned the educational agenda in Russia in the post-Soviet period is carried out. It argues the need for a qualitative transformation of the domestic educational system within the framework of the classical model, taking into account the realities of the modern information-technological era.