ABSTRACT
Like the economy, education is a major institution in our society. Greater education may increase people’s cognitive skills, including their ability to understand politics. It may improve their political participation in part because it enhances their sense of civic duty and responsibility and helps them understand the procedural matters involved in voting and in other political processes. Teachers are expected to use innovative educational approaches to help students learn. Charters are part of a broader movement for “school choice.” Supporters of charter schools stress the importance of giving parents a variety of choices and alternative approaches to learning and discipline with fewer constraints in order to better teach students with varying interests and capabilities. In addition to education, the family serves as a major socializing institution. Pluralists would focus on the diverse types of families and that families and marriage promote balance, political order, and harmony in society.
