1. participatory readiness
1.1. promote equality through schooling/3 core tasks
1.1.1. fair fighting
1.1.1.1. pursuing a topic with a passion
1.1.2. frame shifting
1.1.2.1. using protest-like methods to express dissaproval in the current state of education
1.1.3. disinterested deliberation
1.1.3.1. simply deliberating for better education
1.2. "through the accquistion of participatory readiness, a great diversity of citizens could tap into the power to challenge oligarchical social and political arrangements."
1.2.1. "it is attainment in the verbal domain that correlates with participatory readiness."
2. civic enagment
2.1. education = prepaing youth to be civic participants (politics)
2.2. civic capacities
2.2.1. "the basic literacy, calculating, and verbal skills."
2.2.2. argued for by the CFE (campgain for fiscal equity)
2.2.2.1. CFE vs the state of new york - court case refrenced in the intorduction
3. equality
3.1. political
3.1.1. "If political choices determine the rules that shaoe distributitive paterns, it makes sense to focus first on political equality"
3.1.2. political equaliity is very important because if it is achieved it will promote economic equality as well
3.1.2.1. however neither has been achieved as of recently
3.1.3. by hopefully achieving political equality it will translate to overall equality
3.1.3.1. key word "hopefuly" because we uncertain if that will be the case - it should but it is not gaurenteed
3.2. economic
3.2.1. the vocational paradigm focuses primarily on economic inequality
3.2.1.1. the lack of money going into liberal arts in comparison to the hefty funding STEM receives
3.2.2. "economic inequality is an outgrwoth of politics"
3.2.3. economist Dani Rodrik says that gross economic inequality is the cause of policy choices which themselves are the outcome of politics
3.2.4. economists were able to draw connections between education and inequality
3.2.5. Thomas Piketty; elite institutions should consist of students from all backgrounds
4. vocational paradigm
4.1. advancements in STEM
4.1.1. goverment money being funneled into STEM education
4.1.2. "the vocational approach imagines that this equal attainment will translate into a wider distribution of skills,"
4.1.3. the new world of STEM should create more ecnomic equality
4.1.3.1. however there is none right now - history is undermining that argument for Allen right now
4.1.4. history of the Cold War
4.1.4.1. sputnik launch sucessful = National Defense Education act
4.1.4.1.1. origin of the "vocational paradigm"
4.1.4.2. STEM funding