My radiant padlet by Rachel Geadah

Main Argument

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All kids, regardless of background, should have equal access to education. It should not only help individuals learn facts; it should also encourage critical thinking and democratic participation.

Because

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An education that prioritizes participatory readiness over only technical capabilities offers a unique and more effective means of advancing equality via education.

Because

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Protecting the right to civic education, and the kind of curriculum that delivers it, would benefit not only students individually, but also society as a whole, improving both political equality and distributive justice

Claim #1

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A right to education that is either directly or indirectly linked to a civic goal is included in the great majority of state constitutions.

Claim #2

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A wide spectrum of persons could have the ability to oppose oligarchical social and political structures by becoming participatory ready.

Claim #1

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Given that increasing funding for underprivileged schools will not always level the playing field, civic education might not have some of the egalitarian effects Allen hopes for if the latter is true.

Claim #2

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The goal of education is to foster civic agency in addition to vocational skills.

Evidence

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"Michael Rebell writes, twenty-four state courts 'have explicitly held that preparation for capable citizenship is a primary purpose of public education, and no state court has disputed this proposition'" (pg 9).

Evidence

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“Piketty agrees that the wage premium on skill can explain only part of growing U.S. income inequality: political forces shape distributive outcomes, and there are limits to how much the advantages of education can be moderated through the dissemination of technological skills” (pg 10).

Evidence

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"Students, in other words, are entitled to learn in pub
lic schools the 'basic literacy, calculating, and verbal skills
necessary to enable children to eventually function produc
tively as civic participants capable of voting and serving on
a jury'" (pg 8).

Evidence

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"Whether the civic conception of education requires more school resources than the vocational conception also depends on the details of the latter" (pg 16).