Simmt Article

What is "citizenship education?" Or rather, what is the goal of "citizenship education?" I only ask because I'm not quite sure. In my mind the goal should be to create citizens who are empowered, citizens who are not easily exploited, and citizens who are informed (to name a few criteria). Part of this is being able to follow and critically examine current events. Is it possible to understand completely a budget and its effect on your life if you can't understand what the numbers mean? Clearly no. So how can one be informed for elections if they are innumerate? They can't. This is just the very minimum that one should be learning from math class. As Ms. Simmt stated in the article, math is much more than just numbers and facts, it is a way of critically thinking and problem solving. It seems to me that these are two goals of education in any subject area. So if one of the goals of other classes is citizenship education, then that goal is shared by mathematics.