"What is Education For?" Argument Map by Aidan Fyfe

Main Claim

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All children should have the right to civic education

Sub-Claim:

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State constitutions entail children to a sufficient K-12 Education, but fail to do so

Sub-Claim:

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Change your government if it is failing to serve the people

Sub-Claim:

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Education is being devalued in this world of technology and greed.

Implication

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Government judges believed it was sufficient to stop education needs at grade 8 rather than continue into senior years of high school. We want to build students into productive members of society who will fill the shoes of our government officials and without that support, we lack a future.

Evidence

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“such social norms constitute and reinforce a political ideology endorsing "hyper meritocracy."Reining in income inequality therefore requires not only the dissemination of skill but also social and political change” (Allen 10)

Evidence

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“... parts of the K-12 curriculum most vulnerable during a recession—humanities, social studies, arts, and extracurricular activities such as debate and model UN deserve rights-based legal protection.” (Allen 13)

Evidence

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“... almost all of our state constitutions guarantee a right to education. We pay even less attention to the fact that we have a right to civic education. Our state constitutions, in other words, are directed at the pursuit of equality.” (Allen 13)

Evidence

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“...policymakers, education specialists, and many parents—including low-income parents, whose children are most likely to see their civic education shortchanged—have narrowed their focus exclusively to the economic field.” (Allen 10)

Evidence

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“It was the choice of governments to loosen regulations on finance and aim for full crossborder capital mobility, just as it was a choice to maintain these policies largely intact, despite a massive global financial crisis.” (Allen 10)

Evidence

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"Reining in income inequality therefore requires not only the dissemination of skill but also social and political change. If

political choices determine the rules that shape distributive patterns, it makes sense to focus first on political, not economic, equality." (Allen 10-11)

Evidence

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"High SAT verbal scores correlate with increased likelihood of political participation, while high SAT math scores correlate with decreased likelihood of participation." (Allen 13)

Evidence

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"Tellingly, the commission that produced the report held hearings on "Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education" and “Education for a Productive Role in a Productive Society," but none concerning the humanities, social sciences, or civic
education" (Allen 10)