Education and Democracy

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The paper discusses how making informed decisions is one of the fundamental aspects of democracy and the democratic process and in order to make decisions one must be educated. The paper explores how public education can ensure that the citizens of a democracy can participate fully in the democratic process.

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"Public education and democracy are two terms that are closely linked in both a theoretical as well as practical sense. As Thomas Jefferson noted, the health of democracy depends on an educated and informed citizenry. (Saving Public Education - Saving Democracy) One commentator states that, while the internet and new communication technologies provide access to information these are in essence " reactive' resources, and it is the public school that must provide the groundwork of knowledge and information so crucial to a democratic country. "There is... an institution that plays a more formative role in shaping the public mind - our system of public schools." ( Saving Public Education - Saving Democracy)"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Saving Public Education - Saving Democracy. 9 January, 2006. <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/4/1/54338/81393>

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