Academic outcomes matter, of course, but so
do civic outcomes, character development, respect for diversity and faith and myriad others.
Not exact matches
Another theory is that people
do it not merely because of the chance of changing the
outcome of an election, but because it's an act of
civic duty, although economist Steve Landsburg, in his popular book «The Armchair Economist», counters «But that ignores the fact that voting takes time away from other more productive acts of
civic duty.
I didn't have any state or national
civic standards or First Amendment School
outcomes to discuss at this faculty meeting.
However, there is much more work that can be
done, and many states have the necessary data to answer important research questions about CTE (including questions about equity and access, effect of participation on high school graduation rates, college enrollment and attainment, and
civic and employment
outcomes).
Those who vote, in fact,
do so because of a sense of
civic responsibility, not because they believe their votes will change an
outcome.
The union is the most persistent force in district elections, but it doesn't always win, and other groups also hope to shape the
outcome, including the California Charter Schools Assn. and a coalition of business and
civic leaders that, in recent elections, rallied together under the banner of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.