That means, in policy terms, more focus on verbal abilities (humanities education) instead of the current focus on technical skills (STEM, Science / Technology / Engineering / Math ). 44: Percentage of US citizens over 18 who voted in 20 presidential elections, by educational attainmentĪllen separates out the economic goals of education - job preparation - from the social goals of education - civic participation. She includes the following chart, indicating that voting participation increases dramatically with more education - even with more post-graduate education: Allen cites LBJ's (and others') goal of education as society's great equalizer, but Allen says that economic gains alone are insufficient to gain equality without political involvement as well.Īllen extends "education and equality" to college as well as grade school. The title of the book refers to Allen's main theme: that schools should prepare children for civic participation - not just for employment - because increased civic participation results in increased equality. She announced her exploratory committee for Democratic nomination for Governor in December 2020 (this book is not a campaign book).2018, during the 2018 Massachusetts Gubernatorial race won by Gov. She won a MacArthur Fellowship (a "genius grant") and is the author of several books.Allen is the director of the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.This book is an academic work (details below), but we read it as an introduction to her gubernatorial candidacy, by pulling out the policy issues. OR click on an issue category below for a subset.ĭanielle Allen is an academic who's running for Governor of Massachusetts in 2022.
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