"What is Education For?"- Danielle Allen

Civic Education

STEM Education

Civic Conception

Liberal Arts

Equality

Democracy

Participatory Readiness

Vocational Conception

The National Academy of Sciences emphasized that a workforce that is educated and innovative is the best resource for any country in this new world (13)

The Soviets launch of the first satellite, Sputnik, led to the United States to sense that it was falling behind in the Cold War scientific contest. (12)

In President Obamas 2013 State of the Union address he announced that he would be redesigning high schools in America to develop more classes that focus on "science, technology, engineering, and math" which he considers skills that todays employers are looking for (15)

We can support political equality and increase economic fairness by ensuring that education prepares students for civic and political engagement. (22)

We need an understanding of history, anthropology, cultural studies, economics, political science, sociology, and psychology in order to make judgements about the course of human events and our governments role in them. (35)

Piketty agrees with the idea that political forces can shape distributive outcomes and that the advantages of education are limited by the dissemination of technological skills. (20)

Led to the National Defense Education Act, signed in 1958. Which caused an increase in funding for science and math education as well as vocational training (12)

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in 2016 Obama announced that a Computer Science for All initiative would prepare students for jobs (15)

Thomas Piketty writes that by achieving the same level of technological skill and education the poor are able to catch up to the rich. (14)

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The Stem field allowed us to grow our population due to the industrial, aeronautical, biomedical, and digital revolutions but we also need the social sciences to give us democracy. (33)

Acemoglu and Robinson argue that the expansion of political participation is what drove egalitarian economic reforms. (22)