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How does participatory readiness improve society as a whole?

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How does participatory readiness improve society as a whole?

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Why should US Citizens understand the Constitution and their rights?

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Why should US Citizens understand the Constitution and their rights?

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It is a right that has been given to society that cannot be taken away due to the fact that it is responsible for how we progress as a society.

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Education directly shapes political participation, and without civic knowledge, citizens, especially those outside the humanities, may be less equipped to engage in democracy and defend their rights.

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“. . . defending the right to civic education . . . would benefit not only individual students, but also society as a whole, advancing both political equality and distributive justice” (Allen 13).

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Participatory readiness fuels the future from an educational standpoint by providing jobs to teachers, and also giving students the knowledge and ideas to push the boundaries of society.

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“There is a statistically significant difference between the rates of political participation among humanities and STEM graduates.” (Allen 13).

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In a time where politicians can often abandon fair deliberation and statesmanship, an informed citizen becomes the last safeguard for holding these people accountable and preserving democratic principles.

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As society moves on we are losing sight of a professional politician and an ordinary citizen. Who continuously carries out these competencies as proud democratic citizens. Not only recognizing their rights but exercising them to help improve their justice.

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“This view of politics supports all three models of citizenship because it nourishes future civic leaders, activists and politicians. (Allen 12).

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“In the current condition, we have lost sight of the statesman, a professional politician capable of disinterested deliberation, just frame shifting, and fighting fair” (Allen 12).

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Not only is it the government’s job to protect and serve the citizens of the United States. But also for the citizens to recognize when the government is overstepping their constitutional rights. Emphasizing why students should not only read the constitution in class but understand its importance.

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”...almost all of our state constitutions guarantee a right to education…we have a right to civic education.” (Allen, 13).

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Vocational education helped improve STEM learning for American citizens. Helping ease the anxiety of falling behind other countries. 

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Vocational education helped improve STEM learning for American citizens. Helping ease the anxiety of falling behind other countries. 

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Vocational education helped ease the widespread anxiety of students K-12 preforming poorly in science and mathematics by enforcing an increased funding in STEM. Which helped America catch up with higher quality training programs, leading the United States to grow ahead of the Soviet Union's technological advances. Although the United States advanced in technology, it also advanced an inequality between education across America. As the more privileged schools with higher incomes received the best quality vocational learning.

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In 2013 President Obama encouraged this competition by announcing, “ Rewards would go to schools that develop more classes.” (Allen 10).

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Causing an even greater inequality of education between schools as they had to race between test scores in order to receive necessary supplies for the school.

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As Liberal Arts needs in be heavily implemented into the educational system as it helps promote civic duty, as well as a citizens understanding of the law.