"What is Education For?"

1. Establishing Equality

1.1. Stem Education

1.1.1. Significant importance in the Cold War

1.1.1.1. Competition for STEM advancements

1.1.1.1.1. Vocational Paradigm

1.2. Civic Engagement

1.2.1. Participatory Readiness

1.2.1.1. Participatory Paradigm

1.2.1.1.1. Source of Advocacy

1.2.1.2. Civic Agency

1.2.1.2.1. 1. Disinterested Deliberation

1.2.1.2.2. 2. Frame-Shifting

1.2.1.2.3. 3. Fair Fighting

2. Wage Equality

2.1. Wider Dissemination of Skills

2.1.1. beneficial to a "flat" world: level playing field with increasing technology

2.1.1.1. Narrowing Class Disparities

2.2. Educational Institutions Made More Accessible

3. Increased Government Representation

3.1. Increase school funding

3.2. Society's Drive to Choose Different Rules

3.2.1. Labor

3.2.2. Housing

3.2.3. Financial Markets

3.3. Robust Democratic Process

3.3.1. Reflects more opinions in society

4. Educating/Being able to make sense of complex political activities